Motorists asked Limerick garda superintendent to terminate penalty points, trial told

The five accused, including a retired superintendent, have pleaded not guilty to a total of 39 offences of attempting to pervert the course of justice

The court heard the prosecution’s case centres on the seizure and analysis of the phone of Eamon O’Neill (pictured), retired November 2020, and the subsequent seizure and analysis of the mobile phones of the four other accused. File photo: Press 22

A trial of four gardaí and a retired superintendent centres around motorists allegedly asking gardaí to intervene in potential or pending road traffic prosecutions, the accused’s trial heard on Tuesday.

The five accused were allegedly involved in attempts to quash potential or pending road traffic prosecutions against motorists in the Mid-West region, it is alleged.