Judge gives charge to jury in garda assault trial

A jury in the trial of four gardaí accused of forcing entry to a flat and assaulting a then teenager boy has been listening to the judge’s charge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
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.