Retired Garda superintendent faces 12 charges of corruption and facilitating criminal organisation

Another garda and detective also appear in court following probe by National Bureau of Investigation

John Murphy faces allegations covering five years. File picture: Dan Linehan

A retired Garda superintendent is to stand trial accused of facilitating a crime gang, perverting the course of justice, and corruption, while two other serving officers face 171 connected charges.

John Murphy, aged 65, and Garda Manus Keane, facing a single criminal allegation, and Detective Aidan Stratford, who has 170 charges, were arrested on Wednesday following a probe by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI).