Garda assault trial: Prosecution case closes

The prosecution case has closed in the trial of four gardaí accused of forcing entry to a Dublin flat and assaulting its young male occupant.

Gardaí Alan Conlon, Eoin Murtagh, Claire Delaney and Sean O’Leary have pleaded not guilty to forcing entry at a Basin Street Upper premises, entering as a trespasser and assaulting Mr Owen Gaffney (aged 21) causing him harm on February 17, 2008.