Four men go on trial for alleged role in attack on security guards at repossessed house in Roscommon

The trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is scheduled to run for five weeks

A jury was empanelled at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and the trial opened before Judge Martin Baxter.

Four men have gone on trial for their alleged roles in a “sustained and brutal” attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed house near Strokestown, Co Roscommon, five years ago.

It is the State's case that at around 5am on December 16, 2018, around 20 to 30 people wearing balaclavas, hoodies, and yellow fluorescent jackets arrived at the rural property, armed with chains, pickaxe handles, a meat cleaver, baseball bats, and a hurley.