Teacher who claims arm broken by garda at station could not have sustained injury prior to arrest, court told

Orthopaedic consultant told court woman could not have sustained her broken left humerus while being arrested and placed in handcuffs without displaying significant pain at the time

Woman has claimed she 'screamed out in agony' after a male garda allegedly twisted her arm until it broke at Millstreet Garda Station following her arrest after an altercation with her brother near Eyre Square in Galway

A teacher who claims her arm was broken by a garda in a Galway station could not have sustained that fracture prior to being placed in handcuffs on the street, the High Court has heard.

Orthopaedic consultant at University Hospital Galway Michael O’Sullivan told a 12-person jury then 23-year-old Denise Callinan could not have sustained her broken left humerus while being arrested and placed in handcuffs without displaying significant pain at the time.