David Lawlor is charged with false imprisonment and assault causing harm to four security personnel at Falsk, Co Roscommon in December 2019, among other alleged offences

Patrick J Sweeney is one of four men on trial for their alleged roles in an early morning attack at a rural property in Co Roscommon

Paul Beirne (56) said things got out of hand, but he didn't know how.

Sgt Enda Daly told the trial that Roscommon District Court convicted a person, not one of the accused, of the assault of a man at the Roscommon property on December 11th, 2018

A rucksack and an iPad were found near a church in Sligo the day after an alleged attack on security men at a repossessed farm

Emmet Corcoran, a former editor of the Democrat, gave evidence on Friday that he went to Falsk in the early hours of December 16th, 2018

Supt Boyle said he didn't know workers from Northern Ireland were going to be deployed during the repossession

The trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard that at around 5am on December 16th, 2018, a group of approximately 30 armed men, some wearing balaclavas, arrived at a repossessed rural property at Falsk, just outside Strokestown and attacked four of the security guards present.

Martin O'Toole (58) is charged with false imprisonment of and assault causing harm to four security personnel at Falsk, Co Roscommon

Garda McCann said that Cellbrite software downloaded all WhatsApp messages contained on the handset and stated whether they were read or unread.

David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney are accused of involvement in an alleged violent incident in Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon in December 2018

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Martin O'Toole (58) of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne (56) of Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon and David Lawlor (43) of Bailis Downs, Navan, Co. Meath have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The four accused have all pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Martin O'Toole (58) of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne (56) of Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon and David Lawlor (43) of Bailis Downs, Navan, Co. Meath have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

David Lawlor (43), Martin O'Toole (58), Paul Beirne (56) and Patrick Sweeney (44) have pleaded not guilty to a total of 53 charges

A security guard allegedly attacked by a large group of men at a farmhouse in Roscommon has told a jury that he thought he was going to die on the night

It's the State's case that at around 5am on December 16th 2018, around 20 to 30 people wearing balaclavas, hoodies and yellow fluorescent jackets arrived at the rural property, armed with chains, pickaxe handles, a meat cleaver, baseball bats and a hurley.