Evidence on key witness ‘dismissed’

SUPERINTENDENT Kevin Lennon dismissed evidence that a key witness in the investigation into the death of Richie Barron in Raphoe, Co Donegal, could not be placed in the town the night the cattledealer died, it was claimed yesterday.

The witness, Noel McBride, had later retracted his statement, which incriminated the McBrearty family in the hit-and-run death of Mr Barron, admitting he was not in Raphoe that night.

Sergeant Martin Moylan told the Morris Tribunal that Superintendent Kevin Lennon, who was leading the investigation at the time, said it was not his job to test the credibility of witnesses.