Man who claims garda car drove over his lower leg avoids conviction for alleged threatening behaviour

A man whose arm was caught in the door of a garda car and who claimed the same squad car drove over his lower leg has avoided a conviction for alleged threatening behaviour against a garda.

Damien Long, of Curragh, Marsh Road in Skibbereen, had told senior gardaí in West Cork he did not want to lodge a formal complaint with the garda watchdog GSOC in relation to the issue as he feared he would be "targeted" if he did so.