Court hears judge ‘erred in law’ in indicating she would consider witnesses’ evidence of what they saw on CCTV even though gardaí ‘failed in their duty’ to preserve footage
Court hears judge ‘erred in law’ in indicating she would consider witnesses’ evidence of what they saw on CCTV even though gardaí ‘failed in their duty’ to preserve footage
The applicant instructed her solicitor, Peter Lavery, that she could not recollect if she was in the Costcutter shop on the date in question and asked her solicitor to request disclosure of CCTV footage and statements from any witnesses.I cringed at Paul Mescal’s Brit-bashing The shop worker says he downloaded the CCTV footage and gave it to Garda Declan Ward, who also claims to identify Ms Rudd.
Mr Lavery submits that the District Court judge stated the evidence of the garda on having viewed the CCTV footage was acceptable and similar had been accepted by the judge in the past. It is submitted the judge erred in law in indicating she would consider the worker’s and garda’s evidence of what they say they saw on CCTV even though gardaí “failed in their duty” to preserve the footage.
Last July, Ms Judd elected to plead not guilty and the DPP consented to the matter being summarily disposed of at District Court level.
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