A jury has found that a detective superintendent used reasonable force when executing the arrest of a former garda whom he struck over the head with his baton after an “extreme” high-speed car chase in rural Wexford in 2014.
It was the second civil trial of Det Supt Rory Sheriff in four months after a jury failed to reach a conclusion last November.
Just after 6.30pm on Friday at the High Court, the jury found that 6′8″ Sheriff used reasonable force in executing the arrest of ex-garda John Bowe (41) in apprehending him in a field outside of Bunclody, Co Wexford.
The civil trial jury of six women and five men told the court through the foreperson that they had agreed a majority…