Group rode in convoy to carry out Roscommon eviction 'like something out of wild west', trial hears

Head of company appointed to carry out eviction gave evidence in the trial of four men charged with criminal damage, false imprisonment and assault causing harm

David Lawlor from Navan, Martin O Toole, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne, Boyle, Co Roscommon and Patrick Sweeney, Ramelton, Co Donegal have pleaded not guilty to an alleged violent incident in Falsk, Strokestown, Roscommon in December 2018. File picture: Collins Courts

A group that rode in convoy to carry out an eviction at a farm being repossessed in Roscommon was “like something out of the wild west”, a trial has heard.

The jury in the trial of four men accusing of taking part in an attack on a repossessed farm in Roscommon heard on Monday from the managing director of the company tasked with carrying out the repossession of the property five days earlier.