Joan Burton gives evidence in court against youth accused of false imprisonment

Former Tanaiste Joan Burton has told a court she did not think she had the alternative of being able to get out of a car during Jobstown protest writes Tom Tuite.

Joan Burton gives evidence in court against youth accused of false imprisonment

Former Tanaiste Joan Burton has told a court she did not think she had the alternative of being able to get out of a car during Jobstown protest writes Tom Tuite.

She was giving evidence on day one of the trial of a Dublin youth accused of falsely imprisoning her and her advisor Karen O'Connell during the water protest at the Fortunestown Road in Jobstown in Tallaght, Dublin, on Nov. 15, 2014.

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