'Reclaim the Streets' protestor 'was fearful for friend', court hears

A protester at the "Reclaim the Streets" march in 2002, has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury, that he saw blood in the air when a garda struck his friend on the head with a baton.

Mr Aidan Corcoran, who on the day was wearing what he described as a "modern day Troy or gladiator type costume", was giving evidence in the trial of Garda Paul Tallon of Mountjoy Garda Station. Gda Tallon had pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Mr Fergal Leddy on May 6, 2002.