THERE was no sinister motive behind the disappearance of interview notes during a botched murder investigation in Donegal, it was claimed yesterday.

There was no sinister motive behind the disappearance of interview notes during a botched murder investigation in Donegal, it was claimed today.

A doctor called to a garda station to take a blood sample from a murder suspect could not recall him making any complaints, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A garda broke down today revealing she was threatened after discovering an officer’s interview notes were forged and altered on the original record during a murder probe.

The work of the Morris Tribunal will not be affected by the theft of possible evidence from a key garda witness, it emerged tonight.

FRANK McBrearty Snr says he is prepared to go to jail and on hunger strike rather than appear as a witness at the Morris Tribunal.

The Morris Tribunal has heard an allegation that a garda inspector was seen practising the signature of Frank McBrearty Jnr while he was being held in connection with the death of cattle-dealer Richie Barron.

Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne has revealed that a criminal investigation is now underway after the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that two senior Gardai framed a man who spent three years in jail for allowing drugs to be sold in his nightclub.