Man tells High Court of nightmare of being arrested for savage assault he did not commit

Gerald Jennings, a property manager from Carlow Town, claims he was arrested because gardaí wrongly believed he had carried out a savage street assault on his fiancée, beautician Martha Kowalczyk.

A man suing the gardaí and the State for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment told the High Court of his "nightmare" and of being on the "verge of insanity" as he was being held in a cell for a crime he did not commit.

Gerald Jennings (34), a property manager from Carlow Town, claims he was arrested because gardaí wrongly believed he had carried out a savage street assault on his fiancée.