Alan O’Brien challenged trial over assault and false imprisonment

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Alan O’Brien challenged a Special Criminal Court trial over assault and false imprisonment, in a report on 7 September 2020; no hearing date was supplied.

He claimed the Director of Public Prosecutions’ decision to deny a jury trial infringed his constitutional rights. The alleged assault and false imprisonment occurred at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, County Cavan, on 17 September 2019.

Mr Justice Charles Meenan ruled that the application for leave should be made on notice to the State and the DPP, returning the matter later that month.