Garda tells murder trial deceased assaulted her

A female garda has told a murder jury she was assaulted by a man arrested for breaching a barring order and whose partner is now on trial for his murder.

In evidence today Garda Sinead Magee told the Central Criminal Court that the deceased man, Derek Benson, attempted to knock her down the stairs of the Bridewell after she arrested him for breaching a barring order taken out by his partner, Jacqui Noble.