Murderer’s privacy rights not breached when gardaí listened in on KFC chat, court finds

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The privacy rights of murderer Kevin Braney, the leader of the New IRA in Dublin, were not breached when gardaí used a surveillance device to listen in on him conversing with members of a criminal gang at a KFC restaurant, the Court of Appeal has found as it upheld his conviction. Braney (49), of Gl

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