Two men have been acquitted of assaulting and endangering the life of a garda as the officer hung out of the passenger window of a vehicle as it reversed at speed. Garda Conor Murray had told the trial of Jonathan Coelho, 29, the driver, and Federico Carvalho, 31, a passenger, that the two men repeatedly struck him as he struggled to prevent himself being thrown out of the car. The jury took 18 minutes to return the unanimous verdict on day five of the trial at Dublin circuit criminal court yesterday. Coelho, of Duleek, Co Meath, and Mr Carvalho, of Blessington Street, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to charges of assault causing harm to Garda Murray on July 31, 2019, at Saint Luke’s Avenue, Dublin.

Source: The Times September 07, 2020 23:15 UTC