Prison officer on trial for needle stick allegation

A prison officer has gone on trial for making a false needle stick allegation in Mountjoy Prison.

Robert O’Neill (aged 44) of Littlepace Woods, Clonee, Co Meath, has pleaded not guilty to making a false allegation on May 5, 2006 that his hand was pricked by a syringe left on a palm reading device at Mountjoy Prison the previous day.