Cork farmer who claims he was tasered by armed gardaí raiding his farm settles High Court action

The judge also made an order directing the Garda Commissioner to pay the innocent farmer’s legal costs

Thomas Browne alleges he was forced to the ground, which was wet with oil and water, before a taser was fired into his lower back. File photo

An innocent farmer who claimed he was tasered twice by gardaí searching for an illegal gun in Co Cork has settled a High Court action brought over the alleged incident.

Thomas Browne, aged 54, had claimed he was “unlawfully assaulted and battered and falsely imprisoned” by members of the Armed Support Unit while he was working in a shed on his farm on December 14, 2015.