From top: Garda Sean Lucey and RTÉ cameraman Colm Hand; a scuffle during the Pegida rally in central Dublin in 2016
This afternoon.
Via RTE:
A garda who struck an RTÉ cameraman with a baton during a rally in Dublin three years ago has been found guilty of assault.
Garda Sean Lucey, a member of the Public Order Unit, had pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to cameraman Colm Hand.
Lucey, 42, was found not guilty of damaging a camera at Cathedral Street on 6 February 2016.
The incident occurred as Mr Hand and a colleague were working at a demonstration and counter rally in Dublin by the far-right group Pegida and anti-racism groups….
Garda guilty of assaulting RTÉ cameraman (RTÉ)
Previously: A Day At The Racists (2016)
Pic: Courts News Ireland