Garda ‘assaulted twice during drugs search’

A member of An Garda Síochána was assaulted twice in different locations when he pursued a man in relation to a drugs search near a hotel’s underground car park. That was the allegation made by Sergeant Gearóid Davis at Cork District Court yesterday.

Simon Quilligan, 28, was before Cork District Court yesterday facing two charges of assaulting Garda Patrick Russell, obstructing the guard in the course of his duty and having Zopiclone tablets for the purpose of sale or supply. Judge Olann Kelleher said he would accept jurisdiction to deal with the case at Cork District Court after Sergeant Davis outlined the allegations in the case.