Police officer took selfies while guarding teen’s murder scene, court told

Ryan Connolly, who was on duty as a Merseyside Police officer when he took the selfies at a scene where a teenager had been killed in Belle Vale, Liverpool - (Crown Prosecution Service/PA)

A former police officer lay down and took selfies while on duty at the scene where a teenager had been killed, a court has heard.

Ryan Connolly, 41, then a serving officer with Merseyside Police, was on duty at the cordon of the scene where 16-year-old Daniel Gee-Jamieson was killed in Belle Vale, Liverpool, in 2018, when he took photos of himself in the area, Manchester Crown Court heard.