‘I was naive to believe gun tale by Carthy’

THE psychiatrist who declared John Carthy fit to hold a shotgun said he may have been naive in believing the explanation Mr Carthy gave for the gardaí taking the gun from him in the first place.

Dr David Shanley also said Mr Carthy’s GP should have been told about a letter he sent to local gardaí recommending they return the gun, but he gave no reason why this was not done.

Dr Shanley told the Barr Tribunal Mr Carthy asked him in October 1998 to write a letter of support to his local garda superintendent so he could get his gun back.