Gilligan found guilty of threatening prison officers

Convicted drugs dealer John Gilligan was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court today of threatening that two prison officers at Portlaoise prison would be killed, but he was cleared of assaulting one of the officers.

Mr Justice Richard Johnson, presiding, said the court was satisfied that an assault had taken place, but was not satisfied that it fell within Section 3 of the Non-Fatal-Offences-Against-the-Person Act of 1997. Section 3 specifies an assault causing harm.