Child killer Karen Harrington is arguing that CCTV footage captured inside her home amounted to a breach of her privacy rights
The father of murdered child Santina Cauley has slammed her killer as “deluded," as she appealed her conviction this week.
“I don’t like the fact that they’re using another case in the EU that has nothing to do with my daughter. It should never have been brought up. The only thing the EU should do is bring back the death penalty for the likes of Karen Harrington and stop her wasting the government’s time, the judges time and our time wrecking our heads with this,” he said.
“Cameras are there and they’re built into complexes and when the guards ask for CCTV from anywhere - be it from businesses, apartments, lorries, they get it.” Michael was briefly present in court for Harrington’s appeal, but says he couldn’t face her for too long and left. “I went but I didn’t wait around too long. It just brings back a lot, it really does.
He also says he doesn’t want his daughter to just be remembered for the horror that was visited upon her. “I just want my little girl to rest. I don't want my daughter to be remembered as this child murdered. She was a beautiful baby and loveable child and we were always so happy she was in our lives. We were so lucky to have her in our lives. I want her to be remembered as more than just a murder victim.
Ms Hyland said that “the trial judge erred in law in admitting into evidence CCTV footage from Clanrickarde Estate”. Ms Hyland submitted that the Data Protection Act 2018, in regard to processing personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences, demanded “suitable and specific measures being taken to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject ”.
Counsel submitted that metadata referred to in the case of murderer Graham Dwyer "came within the meaning of personal data” within data protection laws. Ms Hyland said the retention of that data could be likened to the retention of personal data “in relation to a specific data subject when, for example, domestic CCTV is installed for the purposes of preventing damage or guarding a dwelling”.
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