Ireland Named in reporting
Luca
1 report across 1 case, 3 May 2024 to 3 May 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Malicious prosecution
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 1 report, 3 May 2024 to 3 May 2024
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Brothers awarded €95,000 each for malicious prosecution in Dublin Malicious prosecution · Co. Dublin
Two brothers, Italian Marco Gambucci and his brother Luca, were arrested and charged with theft in May 2008 while gardaí investigated an attempted handbag theft in Grafton Street, Dublin. The criminal case was struck out after the gardaí failed to attend court, and the brothers subsequently sued gardaí Daniel Barry and Jonathan Petrie, the Garda Commissioner, and the State for malicious prosecution. A previous hearing in the civil action ended in a hung jury and the case was set down for retrial. In May 2024, a High Court jury found the prosecution was brought for the improper purpose of dissuading the brothers from seeking legal redress and awarded Marco €95,000 and Luca €95,317.
No stage yetVictim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Luca, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 3 May2024Brothers awarded €95,000 each over mistaken arrest for Grafton Street handbag theftvictim, Luca, male, non-irish (judged from name)Luca
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