Garda plotted to frame family for killing, tribunal told

A senior garda in charge of the investigation into cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death said a local garda connived with an informer and a witness to frame the McBrearty family, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Supt John Fitzgerald, who was in charge of Letterkenny district between October 1996 and February 1997, said he felt Garda John O’Dowd had worked with an informer, William Doherty, and the witness, Noel McBride, to ensure suspicion was pointed at the McBrearty’s.