Witness faced pressure to withdraw claims

ONE of the key witnesses in the tribunal into allegations of garda corruption in Donegal faced pressure to withdraw claims her husband was involved in staging hoax explosives finds, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

Solicitor Niall Sheridan told the tribunal that Sheenagh McMahon, the ex-wife of a garda, Noel McMahon, came under pressure to withdraw statements.

The tribunal heard at that time Garda Martin Leonard had approached Mr Sheridan to say Mrs McMahon wanted to withdraw the allegations she had made against her husband. Mrs McMahon denied making that move.