Although no one was convicted during the recent Jobstown trial the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has condemned those involved for their actions.
In the wake of the recent trial that seen a number of people charged with the false imprisonment of the former Tánaiste Joan Burton and Karen O’Donnell over the water charges fiasco in 2015, Mr Varadkar said those involved should not but proud as their behaviour at the time was completely unacceptable.
Speaking at an event in Galway on Saturday the Taoiseach said: “I think it’s important that we respect that outcome because it was a trial by jury and it’s a jury who spent nine weeks considering all the evidence.”
“They made the decision they did.”
“Just because somebody wasn’t convicted of false imprisonment doesn’t mean that their behaviour, or the way they treated both women, was in any way acceptable and I don’t think it was acceptable.”
The Taoiseach’s comments will surely recieve a backlash from the public as those involved in the fiasco that seen Ms Burton and Ms O’Donnell trapped inside a car for a number of hours in November 2015 were found not guilty earlier this week.