Garda acquitted of assaulting criminal

A judge has ordered that a garda be found not guilty of assaulting a suspect despite comparing the incident to the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles.

Garda Gerard Curtis was found not guilty by direction of Judge Donagh McDonagh after he ruled that the prosecution failed to disprove the garda was acting in self-defence when he hit the suspect with his baton following a high-speed car chase.