Former garda receives court threat

A FORMER garda was yesterday warned he would be taken to the High Court if he refused to give evidence to the Morris Tribunal.

Martin Leonard, a former garda, initially refused to take the stand after chairman Justice Frederick Morris turned down an application he had made seeking a review of an earlier module of the tribunal.

“I believe it is important I place on record my letter, or my request, or my application to you to have that previous module re-examined, Chairman,” Mr Leonard said.