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Detective Inspector denies receiving document
Summary
In a Special Criminal Court hearing on 23 January 2014, Detective Inspector Anthony Lenihan of the Special Detective Unit denied having received a document that offered an alternative explanation for the arrest of Corey Mulhall, a 43‑year‑old man from Dublin. Mulhall had been arrested in September 2012 after detectives observed suspicious activity at the Harcourt Hotel near the garda complex on Harcourt Square. Mulhall pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organisation styled the Irish Republican Army. The court, following a defence application, allowed the trial to proceed despite the non‑disclosure of the document. The document, a 10‑page account by Mulhall, alleged that he had paid €200 to a man he believed to be a dissident republican to book a room at the Harcourt Hotel and take photographs of the garda complex. Mulhall claimed the man was a garda informer who set him up on a fake charge.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Detective Inspector denies receiving document. Charges or matters: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 26th, 2012. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- September 2012 Incident
- September 26th, 2012 Incident
- September 26 Incident
- May 24, 2013 Incident
- September 26, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2014-01-23 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on September 26th, 2012 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Harcourt Square. The Harcourt Square
- Harcourt Square
- Harcourt Street
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