Jury discharged in Garda tyre fraud trial

The jury has been discharged in the trial of a former national sales manager for Advance Tyres charged with conspiring to defraud the State over a contract to supply tyres to An Garda Siochana.

Ben Meehan (aged 47), of Bettyglen, Raheny, formerly the National Fleet Sales Manager for Advance Tyres, is accused of conspiring with his colleague, Michael Queenan and with Sergeant Ronan Dunne to falsify figures so that Advance would retain the contract to supply tyres for garda cars.