Gardaí found men assaulting semi-naked woman in house

Two gardaí called to what was described as a domestic dispute, found a semi-naked woman being assaulted by two men, a court heard yesterday.

At a Garda Compensation Hearing, Garda Michael O’Hara told the High Court that in April 2008, while patrolling in a police car in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, he and a colleague had received an urgent call to a house from which neighbours reported they had heard screams.

The garda said when they arrived at the house, he heard a woman shouting for help from inside.