Innocent woman ‘wet herself’ in armed garda raid

A court has heard a mother of two wet herself with fear when an armed Garda response unit burst into her home and handcuffed her and her naked partner on their bedroom floor.

Mary Foran alleged in the Circuit Civil Court that the armed gardaí at first refused to allow her go to the toilet.

Judge Francis Comerford, awarding Mary and her partner Tony Boyle a total of €38,000 damages against the State, said armed men entering their home at Abercorn Road, East Wall, Dublin, had presented as “a great threat”. He told the couple’s counsel Ray Comyn, that cuffing Mr Boyle’s hands behind his back and forcing him to lie naked on the floor and the handcuffing of Ms Foran could not be justified.