Reserved judgment in appeal by detective convicted of harassing State solicitor

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters and emails is seeking to have her conviction overturned on grounds that the State retained her data under “doomed” Irish law.

Eve Doherty, 50, with an address in Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of harassing State solicitor Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013.