Garda claimed publican threatened to kill him, tribunal hears

A Garda detective claimed a Donegal publican threatened to kill him during an inspection of his father’s nightclub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A Garda detective claimed a Donegal publican threatened to kill him during an inspection of a nightclub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

John Mitchell, ex head-barman at Frank McBrearty Senior’s Raphoe business, gave evidence that during a garda inspection of the premises in 1998, former Detective Sergeant John White told him Mr McBrearty Jnr threatened to kill him and his wife.