Probe delay as gardaí await original ‘rape tape’

SOME of the gardaí implicated in the “rape tape” scandal have been interviewed by the State’s independent police watchdog.

But the investigation by the Garda Síochána Complaints Board (GSOC) is being delayed by the fact that the two women affected by the tape have not yet given statements to them and investigators have not been able to access the original tape of the recording from them.

At a press conference on Thursday one of the women, Jerrie Ann Sullivan, said she had very little faith in GSOC and that an international inquiry was the only option.