Supt did not have power to cancel penalty points

Trial hears accused Superintendent had no power to use discretion to cancel road policing tickets

Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard from defence witness retired Chief Superintendent Gerry Mahon, who described Eamon O’Neill as one of the most dedicated crime fighters he had ever worked with.

Supt did not have power to cancel penalty points

A former head of the Limerick Garda Division has conceded that a retired superintendent, who is charged with perverting the course of justice by interfering in road traffic prosecutions, did not have the power to cancel penalty points at the time of the alleged offences.

Court told retired Superintendent on trial for alleged interference in traffic tickets helped topple gangs that murdered 23 people

THE TRIAL of a retired superintendent accused of unlawfully squaring away potential or pending road traffic prosecutions heard that he had no legal power to cancel traffic tickets at the time. Eamon O’Neill, and four serving Gardaí, are on trial at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court charged with a total of 39 counts of engaging in conduct tending or intended to pervert the course of justice. The four serving Gardaí on trial along with Mr O’Neill ar…