Case against Roscommon eviction accused 'fundamentally flawed', defence tells jury
A Donegal builder accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse in County Roscommon has had his prosecution described as fundamentally flawed and contaminated by fair-procedure breaches. Patrick J Sweeney, 44, is one of four men on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in the December 2018 incident at Falsk, near Strokestown. The defence closing speech…
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(Pictured: Mr Patrick J Sweeney. Photo: Collins) The prosecution case against a Donegal builder accused of being part of a group of men who attacked security guards at a repossessed farm house is fundamentally flawed, contaminated and devoid of fair procedures, a court has heard. Patrick J Sweeney (
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