Gardaí identify Tallon in demonstration footage

A garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ protest in Dublin has been identified in video footage of the event by two senior gardaí.

Garda Paul Tallon of Mountjoy Station, Dublin has pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Mr Fergal Leddy on May 6, 2002. It was day five of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.