Overview
- At Manchester Crown Court, jurors were shown selfies police say Ryan Connolly took while guarding the 2018 cordon where 16-year-old Daniel Gee-Jamieson was fatally stabbed, including one of him lying on grass.
- Connolly denies four counts of misconduct in public office covering December 2014 to February 2020, arguing the photos served policing purposes and were shared only with intended colleagues.
- Prosecutors say 24 images on his devices depicted people detained at police stations, hospitals or mental health premises, with some subjects later describing the photos as degrading and taken without permission.
- Detective Constable Kayleigh Greaves told the court none of the recovered images were uploaded to Niche or attached to case files, and that the cache included pictures of force systems, incident logs and colleagues.
- Connolly was arrested on February 4, 2020 during a Merseyside Police anti-corruption investigation; prosecutors noted the crime-scene images did not show sensitive material such as a body’s position, and the trial continues.