Nevin acquitted of possessing mobile phone in prison

Catherine Nevin was today acquitted of possessing a mobile phone at the Dochas centre, in Mountjoy prison, nearly two years ago.

Nevin (aged 58) was found not guilty at a non-jury trial before Judge Aeneus McCarthy at Dublin District Court, of possessing the mobile phone, contrary to the Prisons Act 2007, at the Dochas centre, the women’s section of Mountjoy Prison, in Dublin, on January 28, 2008.