"A retired superintendent and four serving gardaí accused of unlawfully 'squaring away' traffic pending or potential road traffic prosecutions have been acquitted on all charges after an eight‑week trial."
"Eamon O'Neill and his co-accused wife, Sergeant Anne Marie Hassett, Sergeant Michelle Leahy, Garda Colm Geary and Garda Tom McGlinchey all denied the charges, which alleged unlawful interference in potential or pending prosecutions involving 26 motorists."
A retired superintendent, Eamon O'Neill, and four serving gardaí—Sergeant Anne Marie Hassett, Sergeant Michelle Leahy, Garda Colm Geary, and Garda Tom McGlinchey—faced charges of unlawfully 'squaring away' traffic pending or potential road traffic prosecutions involving 26 motorists. The accused denied the charges. The prosecution alleged unlawful interference in potential or pending prosecutions. The case proceeded to trial and lasted eight weeks. After the trial concluded, all five defendants were acquitted on all charges. The outcome cleared all accused of the alleged interference in the specified traffic prosecutions.
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