Gardaí cleared of assault charge

Two gardaí were cleared today on a charge of assault causing harm to a teenager at a holding cell in Gurranabraher garda station in Cork.

Following almost three hours of legal argument, Judge Sean O’Donnabhain directed the jury to return verdicts of not guilty by direction of the trial judge on the charges against Garda Maurice Leahy and Garda Morgan O'Sullivan, both of whom are stationed at Gurranabraher Garda Station.