Ex-garda who was ‘viciously’ assaulted is awarded €45k

A former garda, who claimed he had to take early retirement after he was “viciously” assaulted, was yesterday awarded €45,000 compensation in the High Court.

Peter Lynch, aged 56, of Lee Rd, Cork, told a Garda compensation hearing that on Sep 16, 2002, he had been with a colleague in a patrol van when they saw a woman and her son in front of their home.

Mr Lynch told his barrister Lorraine O’Sullivan that the man was “very intoxicated and agitated”, and he and his colleague had to get out of the van to try and calm him.