Garda fears he was ‘pawn’ in McBrearty case

A DONEGAL garda claimed yesterday he could have been a pawn in the framing of nightclub boss Frank McBrearty Junior.

Garda Shaun Barrett told the Morris Tribunal he was sickened by the thought of having a hand in a stitch-up of he successful Raphoe businessman.

The officer said allegations that two men, Mark McConnell and Michael Peoples, went to Sligo at the behest of the McBreartys to threaten a witness in a court case did not ring true.