Garda faces trial for forging DPP letter

A garda has been sent for trial accused of using a forged letter purporting to be from the office of the DPP in connection with an criminal investigation.

Catherine McGowan, aged 46, who is attached to a Co Wicklow Garda station, appeared at Dublin District Court yesterday morning.

She had been charged in May under section 28 of the Theft and Fraud Offences Act 2001, for using a false instrument, at Bray Garda Station, in Co Wicklow, on Jun 21, 2011.