Accused’s murder trial collapses over phone records

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An accused person’s murder trial collapsed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 22 January 2015.

The State entered a nolle prosequi after Judge Catherine Murphy ruled that telephone records could not be relied on without evidence that the relevant mainframe computer was operating correctly.

The ruling concerned the evidential basis for admitting automatically held mobile-phone records, according to the report.