Witness: Post office manager admitted urine tampering

A witness told a court yesterday that the manager of a post office who is on trial for perverting the course of justice had confessed to him that he had tampered with a urine sample in a drink-driving case.

Joe Miley, of Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon, gave details of conversations he had with Kevin Rogers on March 28 last year.

He was giving evidence at Roscommon Circuit Criminal Court where post office manager Mr Rogers, aged 50, of Mote Park, Roscommon, has pleaded not guilty to doing an act intended to pervert the course of natural justice by interfering or tampering with potential evidence on Mar 5, 2012.