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Thu 12 Dec 2008Witness claims garda hit schoolboy
A WITNESS yesterday told the inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Brian Rossiter that she saw him being hit by a garda while he was being arrested, but this was strongly denied by gardaí involved in his arrest and detention.
Anne Marie Hannigan told Cork City Coroner's Court how she was about 15 to 20 feet away when she saw Brian Rossiter and his friend, Anthony O'Sullivan (14), being arrested outside the Piper Inn in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, on the night of September 10th, 2002.
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