Witness told he'd be removed from protection programme if he refused to give evidence, trial hears

A protected witness in the Peter Butterly murder trial told the Special Criminal Court today that he was told he would be removed from the Witness Protection Programme if he refused to give evidence.

David Cullen said that a few months ago he was contacted about coming back from his host country to give evidence in the trial of two men. When he said he didn’t want to come back, he was told he would be removed from the programme.