'Officer failed to tell hearing of ex-IRA chief's admission'

A senior police officer did not not tell a bail hearing that an ex-IRA chief charged over a violent kidnapping implicated himself in the crime under questioning, a court heard today.

A senior police officer did not tell a bail hearing that an ex-IRA chief charged over a violent kidnapping implicated himself in the crime under questioning, a court heard today.

Brendan McFarlane is alleged to have told officers investigating the 1983 abduction of supermarket boss Don Tidey he was at the wooded hideaway where the businessman had been held captive.