Delay in releasing key report in ‘sick notes’ case

A vital piece of evidence in the controversial prosecution of a Garda employee and her GP brother was not given to the defendants when they were being offered the option of pleading guilty, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The trial of Lynn Margiotta and her brother Dr Tony Margiotta at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court collapsed last March. Both were charged with fraudulently producing “sick notes” for Ms Margiotta, who is a civilian employee in An Garda Síochána.