Garda corruption trial set back four months
Serving member Doyle, 36, accused of 111 offences
A SERVING garda’s trial for 111 allegedcorruption and money laundering offences has been adjourned for four months.
Joseph Doyle, 36, of Kilcock, Co Kildare, is charged with the offences under the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Act 2018.
It is alleged that in his role as a public service vehicle inspector he induced named persons at various locations to give him sums ranging from €20 to €250 for fictitious brake tests or for charity on various dates between 2018 and 2021.
The offences allegedly took place in Co Meath, including at a Department of the Environment testing centre. He allegedly collected a total of €855 in cheques or cash. Doyle is also charged with money laundering offences – lodging amounts in a post office and a bank knowing it to be the proceeds of crime.
He is also charged with refusing to allow a member of An Garda Siochana to take his photograph at a station in Lucan, West Dublin.
The charges follow an investigation into public service vehicle inspections.
Doyle’s case was listed yesterday for trial at Trim Circuit Court.
However, the trial was given a new date of June 4 by Judge John Martin for when it is expected to commence.
Mr Doyle was excused from attending the court for the short hearing which lasted less than 30 seconds.
At a previous sitting of the court, Garda James King said the DPP consented for the accused to be sent forward to the circuit court on all 111 charges for trial on indictment.
Judge Cephas Power previously assigned two counsel “due to the number of charges, type of charges and complicated nature of the charges”.
The accused has been remanded on continuing bail with a condition of his bail that he should not contact any witnesses in the case.
Number of charges, type of charges and complicated nature
JUDGE POWER WHEN ASSIGNING TWO COUNSEL