The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has voiced ‘shock’ that a garda is to face criminal prosecution over his driving in relation to an incident in which three criminals were killed on the N7 in Dublin two years ago while fleeing from gardaí.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court yesterday heard that the DPP has directed that a garda involved in the pursuit of the three males, who were members of a Tallaght-based criminal gang that specialised in burglaries, is to be charged with a driving offence.
The three victims – Dean Maguire (29), Karl Freeman (26) and Graham Taylor (31) – were killed instantly when their BMW vehicle burst into flames following a head-on crash with a truck between Citywest and Baldonnel on July 7, 2021 while they were driving on the wrong side of the carriageway.
