Martin O’Toole loses High Court inquiry bid over assault

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Martin O’Toole’s bid for an inquiry into his detention after convictions including assault causing harm was refused by the High Court on 12 October 2023.

The judge said the alleged defects in the criminal trial had not been established and that an appeal was a clear remedy for many of the complaints. The report identifies the incident as an attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse in Strokestown, Co Roscommon, in 2018.