Garda made false allegation because driver "threw her a dirty look"

A female garda who made a false complaint to colleagues that she had been attacked in a taxi by the driver and two other men has had her sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court adjourned until next month.

Niamh O'Connor (aged 25), originally from Wexford and serving in Bray, Co. Wicklow at the time of the offence, had previously been disciplined by gardaí in early 2007 for dialling 999 and falsely claiming she had been beaten up after locking herself out of her home.