Garda feared his finger would be bitten off during incident at direct provision centre

Sergeant Alec Butler thought his finger "was going to go" when he was bitten when responding to reports of a violent incident at a direct provision centre. File Picture: iStock

A Garda sergeant feared his finger would be bitten off in an incident where he and two other officers were assaulted at a direct provision centre as they investigated allegations of an earlier violent incident. 

While the sergeant was attacked and his finger bitten, another Garda was pulled "to and fro" by the hair, all just yards from a new-born baby.