Files on 1971 killing 'stored in disused toilet', court hears

Documents relating to the investigation into the killing of Una Lynskey in 1971 were stored in a disused toilet after they were moved from a “rat infested” former Garda Station, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard today.

Files on 1971 killing 'stored in disused toilet', court hears

Documents relating to the investigation into the killing of Una Lynskey in 1971 were stored in a disused toilet after they were moved from a “rat infested” former Garda Station, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard today.

Superintendent Enda Walsh told the three-judge court that material related to the 19-year-old death had to be stored in “refuse sacks” after it was moved to Drogheda Garda Station from a derelict Garda Station in County Meath, because of the threat of disease from “rats urine”.

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