Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána
10:30 am
Mr. John Twomey:
I would like to be very clear in the answers we are giving here. There is certainly no evidence to suggest anywhere that this has happened. There is a whole trail of evidence with examination and cross-examination. There is a whole process in terms of the criminal courts to ensure the evidence provided proves beyond a reasonable doubt the person is or is not guilty. In a criminal court, with the level of scrutiny, oversight and governance, from our perspective in terms of the investigation and the people conducting and in charge of those, there is no evidence that anything like the Senator suggested occurred. Taking it out of the criminal environment is different. We need to be clear that there is certainly nothing like the Senator suggested.
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