Voice identification of Strokestown eviction accused unreliable, defence say

A man accused of participating in a violent attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, has had his defence outlined at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Lawlor, aged 43 of Bailis Downs, County Meath, is one of four men facing seventeen counts including false imprisonment, assault causing harm, aggravated burglary, arson, and violent disorder. The charges relate to an…