Gardaí seized nine phones from Irish celebrity charged with defilement, trial told

Court heard data was extracted from eight of the nine phones seized at the man's house during a search

The court also heard gardaí took a DNA sample from the man on May 5, 2022, during a period of detention.

Gardaí seized nine mobile phones during a search of the home of an Irish celebrity accused of engaging in sexual acts with a teenage girl, a court has heard.

The man, 40, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of engaging in sexual acts with a child under the age of 17 at locations in Dublin on dates between August and December 2010.