Accused told gardaí she was experiencing financial difficulties and was offered €3,000 which she never received
Imposing sentence, Judge Martin Nolan said this was a 'serious crime' and the woman must have been aware why Garda information would have been of interest to third parties.A former civilian employee of An Garda Siochana has been handed a prison sentence for forwarding photos of information on the Pulse system to an individual known to gardaí.
Lauryn McCann sent around 70 photos using WhatsApp over a seven-day period to an individual referred to as “R”, who is known to gardaí. McCann of Ministers Park, Lusk, Co. Dublin pleaded guilty to a count of corruptly agreeing to accept an inducement to access garda intelligence and a count of obtaining and disclosing garda intelligence files to a third party on dates in May 2020.
McCann told gardaí she was experiencing financial difficulties and was offered €3,000 which she never received.
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