Former garda has assault conviction from 2018 Strokestown home repossession quashed

Kevin Taylor was convicted of assault for 'laying hands' on a security man who was executing a possession order

One of the grounds upon which leave to apply for judicial review was granted to former garda Kevin Taylor was that the prosecution failed to specify the precise factual basis of the alleged assault. File picture

A former Garda who was found guilty of assaulting a security man during the repossession of a house in Strokestown in 2018 has had his conviction quashed by the High Court.

Kevin Taylor, of Ardnacassa Lawns, Dublin Road, Longford, was convicted of assaulting the security staff member during the execution of a possession order for the property at Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, on December 11, 2018. The security man had claimed that Mr Taylor grabbed his genitals, causing him to go to ground, but it was later accepted that CCTV footage did not show such an act taking place.