Judge orders gardaí to give husband secret recordings made of him by wife

Gardaí had opposed the application, arguing it might impede their ongoing criminal investigation into the man’s alleged assault of the couple's children and coercive control of the woman.

The man brought High Court proceedings seeking discovery of the recordings, which he believes his wife may seek to use in separate family law proceedings with potential to impact on his custody of, and unsupervised access to, their children. File photo

A High Court judge has directed gardaí to provide a man with mobile phone voice and video recordings secretly made by his wife of him in their home.

The man brought High Court proceedings seeking discovery of the recordings, which he believes his wife may seek to use in separate family law proceedings with potential to impact on his custody of, and unsupervised access to, their children.