‘I thought I was going to be killed’

FRANK McBrearty jnr revealed last night he pleaded with God to take his life as he lay shivering and traumatised in a garda cell.

‘I thought I was going to be killed’

Shocking video footage, filmed by a member of the gardaí and obtained by TV3 News, showed the young Donegal man being dragged by two officers along the floor of Raphoe garda station.

However, Mr McBrearty claimed last night that a garda source told him the video had been edited and "worse things had happened".

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