Former garda fails to appear at tribunal

A FORMER garda accused of intimidating a man wrongly arrested for murder failed to appear to give evidence at the Morris Tribunal yesterday.

Philip Collins — who allegedly called a Donegal father a lying murdering bastard — was last year threatened by chairman Judge Frederick Morris with criminal prosecution unless he cooperated with the hearing.

He warned Mr Collins, who complained he been made to attend the hearing under duress, on several occasions to answer the questions put to him.