Garda did not know why Carthy was held

THE garda who authorised John Carthy’s detention for questioning over an arson incident did so without knowing in any detail what the grounds for detaining him were.

Garda Frank Bohan, the member in charge of Granard Garda Station the night Mr Carthy was arrested, agreed at the Barr Tribunal that the information he had relating to allegations about Mr Carthy was “second or third-hand” and incorrect.

But he said he accepted the information in good faith because he knew the person named as the sourceand considered him reliable.