Dan Quilligan gives evidence in Limerick assault trial

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Dan Quilligan gave evidence in an alleged assault trial at the Special Criminal Court on 15 March 2017. The proceedings were reported on 15 March 2017.

He said he was beaten at a Larch Court house in Limerick. The court heard that his left foot was nailed to the kitchen floor and a nail-gun was shot into his right foot. Quilligan said he did not know the names of the men who assaulted him.

Gerard Mackin, Mark Heffernan and Patrick Hayes have pleaded not guilty to assaulting Quilligan, causing him harm, and falsely imprisoning him at Larch Court on 14 September 2015.

The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge John O’Hagan and Judge Ann Ryan.