Jury returned not guilty verdict at Tullamore Circuit Court
A MAN has been found not guilty of assaulting a construction worker in Edenderry, causing him harm.
The jury in the trial of Christopher Doheny, 51, Derrin Oliver, Pike of Rushall, Mountrath, returned their verdict after deliberating for one and three-quarter hours at Tullamore Circuit Court.
Mr Doheny had denied assaulting Alan Fisher at JKL Street, Edenderry on October 27 last year when both were working for a Mountmellick company, Dunne Brothers, on footpath repairs.
The jury also found Mr Doheny not guilty of producing a brick mallet in the course of a dispute.
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