Use of phone records to convict 'ruthless' Kinahan hitman a breach of his privacy, appeal told

Caolan Smyth, imprisoned at Cork Prison following his conviction for attempted murder, is mounting a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal by arguing that mobile phone records crucial to his prosecution breached fundamental privacy rights under Irish and European Union law. Smyth was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in January 2021 of attempting to murder James Gately during an attack at a…