Man fails in damages claim over 1997 cream bun slip

A 38-year-old unemployed man, who claimed that 14 years ago he had slipped and fallen on a cream bun while he was detained at Shelton Abbey Open Prison, has lost a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.

Patrick O’Grady, of Kiltalown Green, Tallaght, Dublin, said that on December 10, 1997 he had been climbing the stairs on his way back from the toilet in the Arklow, Co Wicklow, prison when the incident happened.