Prisoners injured when truck collided with prison transport van awarded damages of €7,500 each

Men were being transported from Mountjoy Prison to the Central Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin when the mobile prison van was struck by a food delivery truck, court told

Each of the prisoners told the court they had been handcuffed and locked in the very small cells when the prison transport had been shunted sideways when struck by the food delivery lorry near the prison. File picture: Collins Courts

Three prisoners, injured while trapped, handcuffed and without safety belts in filthy cubicle cells in a prison transport wagon, have been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

They were being transported from Mountjoy Prison to the Central Criminal Courts of Justice at the entrance to Phoenix Park, Dublin, when the mobile prison van was struck by a food delivery truck owned by Lynas Food Services, Lusk, Co Dublin.