David Lawlor acquitted of assault and other Roscommon offences

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David Lawlor was acquitted of assault causing harm and 16 other charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 2 June 2023, following the jury’s verdict in the Strokestown attack trial.

The charges related to an attack on security personnel at Falsk, near Strokestown, Co Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. Lawlor was also acquitted of false imprisonment, aggravated burglary, arson, criminal damage, violent disorder, robbery and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.