Mother claims son was beaten by gardaí

international | arts and media | other press Monday July 04, 2005 15:47 by f http://breakingnews.ie/2005/07/04/story209991.html

if only we had independent investigation of this?

A mother today claimed in court that her 16-year-old son was left in a state of concussion and had baton marks on his back after he was beaten by gardaí.

The teenager had been due to appear in the Dublin Children’s Court over a theft charge but was not present for the proceedings.

Both of his parents were present and claimed that their son could was not in a fit state to make it to court and because he was at home resting.