Garda feared for his life
Garda Niall Mangan, aged 46, told the court that, in April 2009, he had been patrolling in Carrigaline, Co Cork, with a colleague when they attended a public order disturbance that involved youths drinking in a forest.
He told a Garda compensation hearing that the drinkers were extremely intoxicated but most of them had agreed to leave the area. One man had become very aggressive but eventually agreed to leave too.
