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Reserved judgement in case of detective jailed for harassing State solicitor
Summary
Eve Doherty, 50, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of harassing State solicitor Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013 by sending abusive letters and emails. She was convicted of harassing a State solicitor and was sentenced to three years imprisonment in January 2018. Doherty was found not guilty on two counts of making false statements in March 2012, where she claimed Ms Howlin was perverting the course of justice. She has appealed her conviction on more than a dozen grounds, including that the State retained her data under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011, which she argues was "doomed" under EU law. The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgement. The appeal focuses on the legality of the data used by the prosecution and the alleged breach of EU privacy directives. The case remains at the appeal stage, with no further outcome announced.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Reserved judgement in case of detective jailed for harassing State solicitor. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- September 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 28 Other
- 2012 and 2013 Other
- 2018-12-20 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Sentencing Doherty to three years imprisonment in January 2018, Judge Melanie Greally said the communications by Doherty contained outright and "scurrilous" lies.
Places mentioned
- Blackglen Road
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Court of Appeal
- High Court
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