Garda who engaged in sex act with woman in station wins challenge over suspension

Mr Justice Ferriter said the officer was being "vexed twice" in relation to the same matter

The garda, who was based in a rural station, had admitted discreditable conduct by engaging in the act with a woman who had come into the station to give a statement relating to the arrest of her sister in March 2017. File photo

A garda who engaged in a sexual act with a woman while on duty in a garda station was unlawfully suspended over the incident, the High Court has ruled.

This was because the officer had already gone through a disciplinary process in which a recommendation that he resign was overturned and instead a reduction in wages was imposed, Mr Justice Cian Ferriter found.