Law allows assault in self-defence, jury told
The jury in the trial of a garda accused of assaulting three "Reclaim the Streets" protesters in 2002 has been told the law allows assault in self-defence.
Mr Patrick J McCarthy SC, defence counsel, in his closing address for the accused, Garda Donal Corcoran, told the jury it had heard evidence he was acting in defence of a colleague when he struck one of the demonstrators as he has admitted in evidence.
