"Where's the duck? I know you have it. I want to see it. Take it out."

A 28-year-old Dublin man's claim that he was defamed after he was wrongly accused of stealing a toy duck by a security guard has been dismissed.

David Mongan's action, which was in its third day before a High Court jury, was struck out by Mr Justice Eamon De Valera following legal argument made on behalf of the defendants.