Detectives found not guilty of perjury

Two detective gardaí accused of forging notes of interview and of committing perjury during the trial of a man suspected of involvement in the Omagh bombing have been found not guilty by direction of the trial judge.

Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court directed the jury to acquit the detectives following his ruling that the allegedly forged interview notes and technical analysis of them were inadmissible.