Reclaim Streets case garda given one-month sentence

A garda has been given a one-month suspended sentence for assaulting a school teacher in the 2002 May Day "Reclaim the Streets" demonstration, in Dublin city centre.

Garda Paul Daly (aged 26), a father of one, was found guilty by a 11-1 majority by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on November 6 last of assault on Mr Emmet Bunting (aged 28) of Collins Avenue Dublin, on May 6, 2002.