'Citizen journalist' first to be prosecuted by use of Garda body-cam footage during Coolock riots

Philip Dwyer was convicted for failing to obey a direction from gardaí to move on during riots last year

Citizen journalist Philip Dwyer, 56, at Dublin District Court on Thursday. Picture: Collins Courts

Garda body-cam footage has been used for the first time in a court case for the prosecution of citizen journalist Philip Dwyer for failing to obey a direction to move on during riots in Coolock, Dublin, last year.

The prominent anti-immigration activist made legal history as he was handed a two-month suspended sentence by Judge John Hughes at Dublin District Court on Thursday.