Criminal cleared of assaulting officers as judge notes ‘concerns’

A violent criminal has been cleared of assaulting a prison officer when he was searched for weapons.

Leon Wright, aged 28, of Donore Avenue, Dublin 8, remained handcuffed and flanked by five prison staff wearing riot gear for his district court trial on Wednesday.

Wright, who said he was beaten by prison officers, was supported in court by Independent TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, who took notes of the proceedings from the public gallery.