Detective denies making anonymous phone call

A FORMER detective sergeant yesterday denied making an anonymous phone call to a suspect and interfering with evidence when an explosive device was found at a telephone mast in Donegal.

Det Sgt John White described to the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption how he found the device at a telecoms mast in Ardara on November 19, 1996.

He was giving evidence on the first day of the Ardara module of the tribunal, which is examining claims the device was constructed at a Donegal garda station and planted in order to arrest a number of people.