A 21-year-old man who claims he was beaten by four gardaí when he was 18 has admitted he has 27 previous convictions.
Owen Gaffney was being cross-examined on the third day of the trial of four gardaí accused of assaulting him while his mother was locked in a bathroom.
Mr Gaffney told defence counsel Hugh Hartnett that he was 'no angel' during his teenage years and admitted having a conviction for assaulting a garda whose jaw was broken.
But he denied there was history of violence towards gardaí.
Owen Gaffney said he served a prison sentence after he failed to complete a community service order. He also admitted resisting arrest in the past.
He admitted that he had a total of 27 previous convictions but denied deliberately leaving this out of his first statement to the Garda Ombudsman.
He said he told them he had been arrested a number of times but 'didn't actually know what the word conviction meant'.
So my question to AAM, did he deserve a beating from four gardaí?
As the more I learn about this case the more I reckon he did!
I cannot comprehend how anyone could consider wanting to have the Gardai going round in gangs dishing out their own form of 'rough justice'.
I would take the word of any one over a garda.
If 27 convictions makes 'a bit of a scumbag' how many convictions makes a complete scumbag? Or does it depend on the seriousness of the offence?OK, the 'victim' was a bit of a scumbag with 27 convictions...I agree,he doesn't deserve sympathy. If he got a kicking, then so be it.
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