Nightclub owner Frank McBrearty Snr was subjected to a campaign of harassment and intimidation instigated by gardaí investigating the death of Raphoe cattle dealer Richie Barron, he claimed today.

The confession of a man in connection with the death of Raphoe cattle dealer Richie Barron in 1996 was a fraud, a former Garda officer said today.

A detective sergeant today alleged another garda was casting him in a shady light before the Morris Tribunal due to a grievance.

A FORMER garda has been threatened by the chairman of the Morris Tribunal with criminal prosecution unless he answers questions.

DISGRACED former Garda Superintendent Kevin Lennon told a tribunal into garda corruption yesterday he had stopped the exhumation of the body of cattle dealer Richie Barron at the request of his superior.

A GARDA involved in the botched investigation into the death of a Raphoe cattle dealer apparently admitted he was paranoid and wanted to “nail” Frank McBrearty Snr, it emerged yesterday.

A garda involved in the botched investigation into the death of a Raphoe cattle dealer apparently admitted he was paranoid and wanted to “nail” Frank McBrearty snr, it emerged today.

The interview of a key Garda witness during the investigation into the death of a Donegal cattle dealer was carried out in an odd and strange manner, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

The arrest of a key informant during the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron was a “charade”, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A senior Garda officer in Donegal admitted he had considered arresting another member of the force who was under an “aura of suspicion”.

QUESTIONS should have been raised over the reliability and motivation of damning statements implicating a Raphoe publican in the death of a local cattle dealer, it was claimed last night.

Questions should have been raised over the reliability and motivation of damning statements implicating a Raphoe publican in the death of a local cattle dealer, it was claimed tonight.

A senior garda in charge of the investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death said a local garda connived with an informer and a witness to frame the McBrearty family, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A senior garda in charge of the investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death found it full of “skulduggery”, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

THE Morris Tribunal heard yesterday that a notebook discovered in a policeinformer’s bedroom had former Superintendent Kevin Lennon’s handwriting on several pages.

Frank McBrearty Jnr told the Morris tribunal today that gardaí wanted his father “to die” while he was being questioned in a Garda station about the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron in 1996.

The Morris tribunal heard today that a notebook discovered in a police informer’s bedroom had former Supt Kevin Lennon’s handwriting on several pages.

SACKED Superintendent Kevin Lennon refused to handle evidence from the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron for fear of accusations being made against him, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

Sacked Superintendent Kevin Lennon refused to handle evidence from the investigation into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron for fear of accusations being made against him, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

The Morris Tribunal is investigating how eircom home phone records containing vital information were erased, it emerged today.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of a Raphoe cattle dealer was taken to a remote station to ensure senior gardai involved in the case could not “interfere” with him, it was claimed today.

DISCREPANCIES in the statement of Noel McBride which incriminated the McBrearty family in the death of Richie Barron in Raphoe, Co Donegal, were never followed up with essential inquiries.

SUPERINTENDENT Kevin Lennon dismissed evidence that a key witness in the investigation into the death of Richie Barron in Raphoe, Co Donegal, could not be placed in the town the night the cattledealer died, it was claimed yesterday.

TALES, unprecedented and extraordinary, of death, deception and destructive ambition unfolded this week in a Donegal courthouse.

TWO men were identified as suspects in the supposed murder of cattle dealer Richie Barron because of false witness statements allegedly concocted by a garda, the Morris Tribunal has heard.