Group ambush gardaí to free man

A garda car carrying a man to prison was ambushed by a group of friends in a bid to free the prisoner, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

One of the prisoner’s friend’s, Lee King, aged 27 and of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to facilitating the escape of a person from lawful custody in Ballyfermot on March 6, 2012.

Judge Martin Nolan yesterday adjourned the case to March 26 for sentence and remanded him in custody.