He is now a free man
A Leeds man who was extradited from the US to stand trial accused of assaulting a police officer over 40 years ago has been found not guilty.
The court heard how four other men were convicted in the months following the assault outside The Miners in Garforth but Mr McGrath had fled the country to Dublin before settling in New York, where he was arrested last year.Mr McGrath has been on remand at HMP Leeds since July last year but will now be a free man.
Jurors were told a fight ensued between that youth and the man who had punched him and Mr Moore tried to intervene and the man tried to escape but tripped over a chain, enabling the officer to catch up with him. Jemima Stephenson, prosecuting, said: He was trying to restrain the boy who punched him and kicked him as he tried to escape.
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