‘Pick up your dog crap’: Garda appears in Cork court over defecation

Judge Joanne Carroll said: 'It is important to note the law applies to members of An Garda Síochána the same way it applies to everyone else'

Garda Brian Barrett was prosecuted at Cork District Court on counts of failing to control the dog and under the Litter Act in relation to the faeces. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A woman who claimed that a small dog belonging to a member of An Garda Síochána defecated on her lawn and that the owner would not pick up the faeces made complaints to two garda stations and to the Garda Ombudsman.

Garda Brian Barrett was prosecuted at Cork District Court on counts of failing to control the dog and under the Litter Act in relation to the faeces. He pleaded not guilty to both counts and denied that his dog went into the garden at any stage.