An altogether different criminal case

There are some hints that the trial of Gail O’Rorke differs from the usual criminal proceedings to be found in the court system.

Yesterday, at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, when a Garda sergeant was giving evidence for the prosecution, he repeatedly referred to the defendant by her first name.

He also told the jury of six men and six women that when the defendant was intercepted at the scene of one of the alleged crimes for which she is on trial, she was not arrested.