The prisoners bumped into doors, gardai said, or they got thumped by a cell-mate, so they could make false allegations. Gardai taped phone calls - on one of them, gardai discussed possibly rigging evidence in a minor part of the case. Before they delivered a single file, Bailey gave Gsoc 623 statements. He was impressed when gardai "beat the s**t" out of a man - and got the information they needed. To a system that's been corrupted, it's not justice that matters, only results, and a tidy desk.

Source: Irish Independent December 22, 2019 06:56 UTC