Security guard tells Roscommon eviction trial he was forced to eat dog faeces

It is alleged the security men’s vans and cars were set on fire and a guard dog was beaten unconscious and had to be put down

(Left to right) David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne, Boyle and Patrick Sweeney have pleaded not guilty to a total of 53 charges. Photo: Collins Courts

A security guard allegedly attacked by a large group of men at a repossessed farmhouse has told a jury that one of the defendants previously assaulted him at another house eviction.

Ian Gordon, one of four men allegedly assaulted and falsely imprisoned in the early morning of December 16, 2018, also testified that he was forced to eat the faeces from a guard dog that had been severely injured and lost control of its bowels.