Ian Bailey's solicitor has denied saying juries could be influenced by media coverage in advance of a case in an interview he gave to a legal publication.
Frank Buttimer is under cross-examination by counsel for the gardaí and the State in Mr Bailey's High Court action for damages for wrongful arrest.
Senior Counsel Luán Ó Braonáin read from an article published in The Parchment magazine last year in which Mr Buttimer discusses the impact of the media on the justice system in Ireland.
Mr Buttimer denied that his comments suggested that the decision of a jury could be influenced or manipulated.
He said it was nothing more than stating his opinion that solicitors should be aware of the role of the media and its influence on public perception.
Mr Buttimer said the interview, which was aimed at solicitors, was merely stating that legal practitioners should be conscious of the role of the media.
He said there were very strict rules in place ahead of trial before a jury which had to be adhered to.
Mr Buttimer accepted that he had given media interviews about Mr Bailey and had commented when asked, but he said he also had to be mindful of the impending jury trial as it got closer.
It was put to Mr Buttimer that he gave media interviews with "one eye on proceedings". He denied this.
It was put to him that there had been engagement with the media of a fairly constant kind by him on behalf of Mr Bailey and that he had been on television, radio and in newspapers.
Mr Buttimer said he had declined to comment about the case more than he had commented on it.
He said you had to look at it from Mr Bailey's point of view as well, as he had been subjected to a barrage of adverse publicity and any media engagement was a "rebalancing exercise".
Mr Buttimer said it was being suggested by the defence that he was using the media to influence the outcome of this case.
He said all he was doing was representing a client who had been the subject of such intense media interest over such a long period of time.
He said the case had attracted enormous media attention.
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