Audio recording showed ex-NI council chief’s ‘dismay’ over sending of email copy, court hears

The “dismay” expressed by former Mid and East Antrim Council chief Anne Donaghy that a copy of an email she wanted deleted had been “sent upstairs”, in an audio recording, points to her intention, a court has heard.However, in closing arguments put to Ballymena Magistrates’ Court following a two-day trial, Donaghy’s defence barrister Michael Chambers argued that there were “multiple points of reasonable doubt” in the prosecution’s case.Donaghy (56), of Clonmore Road, Dungannon, has been charged with deleting an email and having attempted to delete an email to prevent the disclosure of information through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as procuring the deletion of an email.The former director of corporate services at the council, Aaron McClelland (49) of Clonmakate Road, Portadown,