Mark Heffernan pleaded not guilty to Limerick assault

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Mark Heffernan pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 17 March 2017. He also denied falsely imprisoning Dan Quilligan at a Limerick address on 14 September 2015.

The prosecution alleged that Mr Quilligan was assaulted and that his left foot was nailed to a kitchen floor. The trial was continuing before Justice Tony Hunt, sitting with Judge John O’Hagan and Judge Ann Ryan.