Gardaí ‘took nine months to probe set-up claims’

GARDAÍ took nine months to probe claims by a Raphoe man that he was framed for making death threats, the Morris Tribunal into Garda corruption in Donegal heard yesterday.

The tribunal was told a complaint was lodged by Mark McConnell in February 1999, naming several gardaí he claimed had set him up.

But it was not until November of that year, almost nine months later, that a top officer was dispatched to probe the allegations.