Garda 'knew arrested man was innocent'

A garda admitted during the arrest of a Donegal plasterer over the planting of an explosive device at a telecoms mast that he knew the man was innocent, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Geraldine Shovlin, the wife of Bernard Shovlin, who was arrested at Ardara on November 20, 1996, said garda John Dooley revealed he knew he should not be at the Shovlin’s home to arrest him.