Gardaí used tasers four times before fatal shooting of George Nkencho, inquest told

Sgt Ryan, who co-ordinated the training course for ASU officers, told the seventh day of the inquest that gardaí should consider resorting to other resources 'depending on the level of threat', if tasers were proving ineffective

George Nkencho, aged 27, died after suffering fatal gunshot wounds in the incident outside his family home at Manorfields Drive, Clonee, Co Dublin, on December 30, 2020, shortly after he had been involved in a disturbance at a nearby supermarket.

Taser devices were deployed by members of the Garda Armed Support Unit on four occasions over the space of 21 seconds before the fatal shooting of George Nkencho outside his home in west Dublin five years ago, an inquest has heard.

The former head of the firearms training unit at the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, Sergeant James Ryan, provided detailed analysis of the deployment of tasers by two ASU officers during the fatal incident.