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10/04/2013
Elderly Couple Sue State Over Trespass
The State and gardaí are being sued by an elderly couple, who suffered “shock, distress and embarrassment” following an early morning raid on their home nine years ago.
The High Court heard the three garda wrongfully entered the Dublin home of retired orthopaedic surgeon Dr Eshwarprasadh Kessopersadh, 74, and his wife Patricia, 67, nearly nine years ago, looking to arrest their son Roshen (32) over a fatal road accident.
The Kessopersadhs, who have eight children, claim that the gardai did not have reasonable cause or a warrant to entitle them to search their home at Springfield Drive, Templeogue, on August 11, 2004.
They are suing the three officers, Sgt Geroid Keating, and Gardai Desmond McNally and Gary Bigley, all of Terenure garda station, the Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General for damages for trespass and breach of their constitutional right to privacy and family home.
The case is ongoing.
(H/CD)
The High Court heard the three garda wrongfully entered the Dublin home of retired orthopaedic surgeon Dr Eshwarprasadh Kessopersadh, 74, and his wife Patricia, 67, nearly nine years ago, looking to arrest their son Roshen (32) over a fatal road accident.
The Kessopersadhs, who have eight children, claim that the gardai did not have reasonable cause or a warrant to entitle them to search their home at Springfield Drive, Templeogue, on August 11, 2004.
They are suing the three officers, Sgt Geroid Keating, and Gardai Desmond McNally and Gary Bigley, all of Terenure garda station, the Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General for damages for trespass and breach of their constitutional right to privacy and family home.
The case is ongoing.
(H/CD)
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