Retired garda convicted of forging documents on stolen cars

A retired garda has been convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of forging two documents in relation to cars stolen from the official compound at Store Street Station.

John (aka Ben) Mulvihill (aged 54) of Cherryvalley, Rathmoylan, Co Meath was found guilty of forging a document purporting to be a replacement document and a document purporting to be a sworn declaration on a date unknown between May 12 and June 30, 2002. The guilty verdicts were by 10-2 majority.