Ex-gardaí jailed over assault on man who resisted arrest

TWO former gardaí have been jailed over an assault in which a man was subjected to what a judge called “sheer ferocity” after resisting arrest when caught urinating on the street.

Judge Leonie Reynolds said the reaction of gardaí when trying to arrest Anthony Holness on New Street in Waterford on January 28, 2010, was “wholly unjustifiable and disproportionate”, while a garda who diverted a CCTV camera from the assault committed a “catastrophic error”.