‘Whistleblower’ jailed for online claims about garda

A man claiming to be a whistleblower has been jailed for five years for making online postings alleging a garda was corrupt and unfaithful to his wife.

Sean Carraher, aged 55, began harassing Sergeant Conor Gilmartin because he was unhappy with the way the garda dealt with a complaint he made that his children were being physically abused.

He was convicted earlier this month of posting 58 messages on the websites Rate-Your-Solicitor and Victims of the Legal Profession, alleging, among other things, that Sgt Conor Gilmartin had withheld evidence in a previous case involving the accused. Carraher also made up to 12 harassing phone calls to Sgt Gilmartin.