Man appears in court after truck crashed through Russian embassy gate

Desmond Wisley speaks to the media as he leaves Tallaght District Court, Dublin, where he was charged with dangerous driving and criminal damage after a large lorry crashed into the gates of the Russian embassy on Monday. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A man has appeared in court in Dublin after a large truck crashed into the gates of the Russian embassy on Monday.

Desmond Wisley, aged 49 and with an address at Tully, Ballinamore, Leitrim, was charged with dangerous driving and criminal damage.