Detective under stress from 'ridiculous and endless' demands before death, inquest hears

Detective Superintendent Colm Foxtook his own life in a Garda station over six years ago. Picture: Collins

A senior detective who took his own life in a Garda station over six years ago felt under stress from “ridiculous and endless” demands from the defence in a high-profile murder trial he was centrally involved in, an inquest has heard.

A retired chief superintendent, Finbarr Murphy, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that the late Detective Superintendent Colm Fox felt the defence in the trial of Patrick Hutch at the Special Criminal Court over a murder which sparked a major gangland feud were placing unrealistic demands on his investigation.