Court dismisses allegation of Garda assault on woman

A High Court judge has dismissed a woman's action against a Garda whom she alleged had assaulted her causing her a serious injury that required a skin graft and took several months to heal.

Mr Justice Bryan McMahon said the woman had failed to "meet the threshold" of proof that the force used by the Garda at Harcourt Street station in Dublin following her arrest for suspected shoplifting, was "disproportionate and unreasonable."