A Dungannon student who sustained facial injuries when assaulted by an RUC officer received agreed damages of £1,500 at Tyrone County Court in Cookstown yesterday in a claim against the Chief Constable of the RUC.
Mr Cormac Patrick O'Donnell (18), of Legaboy, was slapped on the ear and headbutted by the policeman at Oaks Road, Dungannon, on October 31st, 1994, when he was aged 15.