GARDA ACQUITTED OF CITY NIGHTCLUB ASSAULT

Date Published: 30-Jun-2011

A Dublin-based garda walked free from court in Galway today after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to convict him of assaulting two nightclub bouncers.

32 year old Garda Stephen Moore, from Clontarf, Dublin, who is stationed at Pearse Street Garda Station, was prosecuted by the DPP following an investigation into the matter by the Garda Ombudsman.

Garda Moore denied assaulting bouncer, Andrea Flood at Karma nightclub in the city on December 5, 2009, during a two-day hearing at a special sitting of Galway District Court.

He also denied assaulting her colleague, Aidan Shortall and breaching the peace on the same occasion.

Dismissing the charges today, Judge Mary Fahy said the evidence was all very confusing and that the State had not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.