Farrell denies she heard talk of garda’s bleeding growth

Marie Farrell has denied she was present at any conversation where a garda allegedly told her husband of having a mark on his stomach which occasionally bled.

In Ian Bailey’s civil action against the State and Garda Commissioner, former shopkeeper Ms Farrell was being cross-examined about her evidence that she saw a growth on Det Garda Jim Fitzgerald’s stomach during an incident where she alleges he stripped naked and asked her for sex.

Paul O’Higgins SC, for the defendants, said Det Fitzgerald, who denies the stripping incident, will say he once had a mark on his stomach that gave him trouble.