Detective hoped women would not tell of abuse

A SUSPENDED detective sergeant said yesterday he had hoped two sisters would not tell the Morris Tribunal about the systematic abuse they suffered in custody.

After apologising from the witness box to Katrina Brolly and Roisin McConnell, Det Sgt John White said he had been banking on the pair not giving evidence about the heavy-handed interrogation they faced in Letterkenny station.

Earlier he told the inquiry denial and deceit was the easiest response to complaints from the two sisters in 1997.