Man claims gardaí stopped his kidnap complaints

A WITNESS claimed yesterday gardaí in Donegal had barred him from making complaints about a cross-Border kidnap.

Paul ‘Gazza’ Gallagher from Letterkenny told the Morris Tribunal he had been bound and gagged by members of his ex-girlfriend’s family near Castlederg, thrown in the back of a jeep, and taken to a Garda Border checkpoint in May1996.

Mr Gallagher, 29, said he was then taken by three detectives to Letterkenny Station where he met Detective Superintendent Kevin Lennon. He said he was denied access to a doctor and solicitor.