Trial of four gardaí and retired superintendent told unit raided stations and homes and seized phones

Five are accused of unlawfully interfering or intending to interfere in potential or pending prosecutions

The court heard that in 2019, a specialist unit began investigating alleged interference in pending or potential fixed charge penalty notices. File Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

The trial of four gardaí and a retired Garda superintendent, accused of unlawfully interfering or intending to interfere in potential or pending prosecutions, has heard a national Garda unit raided a number of Garda stations and homes and seized mobile phones, as part of the probe.

The five accused, who have pleaded not guilty to a total of 39 counts, are retired superintendent Eamon O'Neill; serving Sergeants Michelle Leahy and Anne-Marie Hassett; Garda Tom McGlinchey, and Garda Colm Geary, all within the Limerick and Clare Garda divisions.