Garda tells court man suing for wrongful arrest was aggressive before he was pepper-sprayed

A garda sergeant has told the High Court she had to pepper spray a man who is suing for wrongful arrest because he was shouting aggressively and was intimidating.

Sergeant Theresa Phillips said after she pepper-sprayed Gerald Jennings (aged 34) once in the eyes, he was sprayed twice by Garda David Conway because he was "continuing to move about" in a threatening way.