A FORMER garda stabbed by a thug while on duty has been awarded more than €1.1Million in court.
Daryl Mullen, who is 38 and lives in Letterkenny, was repeatedly stabbed while working as a member of the Garda Drugs Unit in Westport, Co Mayo, in August 2009.
The court heard he suffered horrific internal injuries, contracted the MRSA superbug while being treated and never fully recovered.
The court heard he had moved to Donegal after the man who attacked him was released from prison.
He had tried to return to light duties with gardai but he wasn’t fit to continue and continues to suffer horrendously from the attack.
Mr Justice Bernard Barton, said he was awarding Mr Mullen €1,093,179. He told Eoin McCullough SC, who appeared with barrister Pat Purcell for Mullen, he was awarding €400,000 general damages, €300,000 special damages, and €348,179 for loss of earnings, pension and gratuity.