Former Irish Army officer Dr Ed Horgan claimed in court yesterday that the aircraft he had demanded gardaí search at Shannon airport last June had been to the US government’s Guantánamo Bay detention camp on seven occasions.The 63-year old made the allegation after being cleared at a special sitting of Ennis District Court of impeding an airport officer in the course of his duties at Shannon airport’s security entrance, and failing to leave the hut and the vicinity of the security barrier there on June 18th.
According to a report in today's Irish Times, Judge Joseph Mangan dismissed the charge against Dr Horgan, Castletroy, Limerick, after accepting legal argument from Dr Horgan’s counsel, Tony Magillicuddy, that the summons as drafted was defective and that Dr Horgan had not been warned of the consequences of not leaving the security entrance area.
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