Prisoner's slopping-out damages case dismissed

The first ever court action taken by an Irish prisoner for damages for slopping out of prison-cell chamber pots was dismissed today.

Judge Con O’Leary dismissed the action taken by former prisoner, Troy Cremin (aged 29), of Palmsprings, Ardarrig, Douglas, Cork, who claimed his toilet facilities in Cork Prison were "like those of a Stone Age caveman". He said he had to share a mayonnaise bucket as a chamber pot with cellmates.