Fallout from McBrearty scandal far from over

THE fallout from the McBrearty scandal is far from over and many who have followed the events that began on that fateful day in October 1996 believe it can only get worse.

Mr Justice Frederick Morris has yet to investigate in detail what happened after Mark McConnell, Frank McBrearty Junior, and members of their families and friends were arrested in early December, six weeks after the hit and run accident in which cattle dealer Richie Barron was killed.

In his report published last week, Judge Morris spelt out what he expected in the coming months, particularly in relation to how McConnell and McBrearty Junior signed an apparent confession to murder.