Kerry Babies: Ex-detective says people should not forget 'brutality inflicted on Baby John' 

Alan Bailey was speaking in the wake of a lengthy file being submitted to the DPP in recent days in relation to the child’s murder

The infant was discovered on the beach at White Strand, Caherciveen on April 14, 1984, with 28 stab wounds. He was named Baby John by the local undertaker at the time. File picture: Don MacMonagle

The former head of the Garda cold case unit has said he hopes people "do not lose sight of the sheer brutality inflicted on Baby John", the Kerry baby who was murdered more than 40 years ago.

Alan Bailey was speaking in the wake of a lengthy file being submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in recent days in relation to the child’s murder.