Gardaí in the Macroom area caught a man dealing €11,000 worth of cocaine at a time when he had a suspended jail term hanging over him for another drug-dealing offence.

A State witness yesterday denied a suggestion he was so convinced Ian Bailey had murdered Sophie Toscan du Plantier he was “scratching around” for any evidence against him, when gardaí had “none”.

Marie Farrell yesterday told a High Court jury she decided to leave her home in Schull after Garda intimidation of her children.