Garda attacked by 800-strong mob, tribunal told

A lone garda was forced to flee a Donegal town for his own safety after a mob of up to 800 people began throwing glasses at him, it emerged today.

Garda attacked by 800-strong mob, tribunal told

A lone garda was forced to flee a Donegal town for his own safety after a mob of up to 800 people began throwing glasses at him, it emerged today.

Former officer John O’Dowd told the Morris Tribunal that on arriving in Raphoe town centre in a patrol car on a July night in 1996, he encountered a crowd of between 700 to 800 people.

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