A man who sued the State alleging guns were put to his head by members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit when they mistakenly took him to be a part of a gang of robbers has settled his High Court action.
John Paul King (40), Kingshall, Newcastle Upper, Newcastle, Co Wicklow, had sued as a result of an incident outside the On The Run shop and restaurant attached to the Esso petrol station on the Navan Road, Dublin, in 2003.
The case opened last week and was due to resume yesterday before Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne and a jury when the court was told it had been settled. A statement from the State acknowledging Mr King was a “completely blameless” innocent citizen caught up in an armed raid through no fault of his own was read in court.