Freddie Thompson's murder trial rejects CCTV challenge

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Frederick ‘Freddie’ Thompson’s murder trial rejected a challenge to CCTV evidence at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 16 May 2018. The footage related to the fatal shooting of David Douglas on Bridgefoot Street in Dublin on 1 July 2016.

The three-judge court ruled that the circumstances did not create a constitutional expectation of privacy and refused to exclude the recordings. Thompson has pleaded not guilty; the trial was continuing before Justice Tony Hunt, Judge Flannan Brennan and Judge Gerard Griffin.