Prisoner loses €38k claim for injuries suffered in riot

A 28-year-old Dublin prisoner, who claimed he was assaulted by a riot squad during an incident at Mountjoy Prison in October 2010, has lost a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.

Jonathan Grimes, of Rutland St Lower, Dublin, claimed he was beaten repeatedly with batons while the squad tried to regain order in the prison exercise yard during what was described as a “very severe and extreme” situation after a prison officer was assaulted.

Judge John Hannan yesterday heard Grimes, who was serving an assault sentence and is now detained in Mountjoy for an unrelated matter, had not been involved in the incident.