2025-12-03 · Dublin City, Dublin
Garda who left teen 'humiliated' on street with puddle water assault has jail sentence overturned on appeal
A garda, Eoghan McGowan, who assaulted a 17-year-old boy by pouring puddle water over his tracksuit bottoms in a deliberate act of degradation, had his two-month jail sentence overturned on appeal. The incident occurred in 2023 when McGowan, in plain clothes, approached the teenager, searched him, and then poured water over his clothing, calling…