Witness admits lying in murder case

A former member of the defence forces who worked as a security guard with John Crerar on the night Kildare woman Phyllis Murphy disappeared has told a jury he lied to gardai when he provided an alibi for Mr Crerar back in 1980.

The witness, Mr Patrick Bolger, said he retracted his first account when he was arrested and re-interviewed in 1999 as a suspect in the murder.