Garda accused of dangerous driving after crime gang killed in N7 crash

Officer in court following GSOC probe of pursuit

- TOM TUITE

A GARDA has appeared in court accused of dangerous driving and endangerment of life over an incident in which three men were killed in a collision two years ago.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed a prosecution over the pursuit of the three men on the N7 in Dublin.

Dean Maguire, 29, Karl Freeman, 26, and 31-year-old Graham Taylor were members of a Tallaght-based gang.

They died 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 road fleeing gardai.

A file was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions by the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission, which investigated the circumstances of the fatal crash.