Judge orders doctor to give evidence about suspended garda

THE doctor treating Detective Sergeant John White has been summoned to appear before the Morris Tribunal this morning after Mr Justice Frederick Morris said he was not satisfied the witness was unable to appear.

His solicitor had told the tribunal that Det White would not be able to appear for the foreseeable future after being hospitalised. The suspended senior officer did not turn up at the resumed hearing into garda corruption yesterday morning.

In written correspondence, consultant psychiatrist Dr Louis O’Carroll told the tribunal that Det Sgt White was taking residential treatment on his medical advice.