Death threats man 'hoodwinked gardaí'

It was “highly unlikely” that a man who falsely alleged he had received death threats could have sustained the pretence for months on his own, a detective garda said today.

Retired Det Gda Michael Reynolds told the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption in Donegal that Bernard Conlon, who claimed he had been threatened by two men with a silver bullet, was “convincing” on a number of occasions.