Gardaí have legal obligation to seize CCTV footage when investigating crime, court hears

An Garda Síochána is “not a surrogate” for the Data Protection Commissioner and gardaí have an inescapable legal obligation to seize CCTV footage when investigating crime, a barrister has told the Special Criminal Court.

Prosecution Counsel made the submission today in the trial of Liam Brannigan (37), from Bride Street, Dublin 8, who is charged with conspiring to murder Gary Hanley at a location within the State between September 15 and November 6, 2017.