Three prisoners were being transported from Mountjoy Prison to Central Criminal Courts when incident occurred
The three men were being transported from Mountjoy Prison to the Central Criminal Courts of Justice at the entrance to Phoenix Park, Dublin, when the mobile prison was struck by a food delivery truck owned by Lynas Food Services, Lusk, Co Dublin. Photograph: Cyril ByrneThree prisoners who injured while handcuffed and without safety belts in a prison transport wagon have been awarded €7,500 damages each in the Circuit Civil Court.
Mark Egan was represented by barrister John Scott, with John O’Leary Solicitors, and counsel for Dean Heapes was Rachel McGovern who appeared with KOD Lyons solicitors. Each of the prisoners was confined while handcuffed in a three feet by two feet locked cell in the prison wagon built to carry 12 prisoners at a time with prison staff.
Each of the prisoners told the court they had been handcuffed and locked in the very small cells when the prison transport had been shunted sideways when struck by the food delivery lorry near the prison.
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