State witness denies being informer for several years

A drug dealer-turned State witness in a murder trial has denied being a Garda informer for several years before the Dublin killing.

State witness denies being informer for several years
Wed, 08 Jun, 2011 - 20:07

A drug dealer-turned State witness in a murder trial has denied being a Garda informer for several years before the Dublin killing.

Joseph O’Brien (aged 26) is giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged with murdering a father-of-three in a city pub.

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