Former detective says although Dullard murder can still be solved 29 years on, release suggests shortfalls in evidence
A garda on duty at a sealed-off access route in an area around Grangecon in Co. Wicklow, where searches are continuing in connection with the murder of Jo Jo Dullard. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublinon Tuesday was anticipated. His arrest was mainly designed to test him under pressure, with limited expectation of a charge, but his release still comes as a big blow to the detectives working on the case.
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Marry says criteria for arresting a person on suspicion of a crime, even murder, are so broad that the arrest process was not proof in itself gardaí had a lot of evidence incriminating the suspect. However, at times suspects are detained based on apparently incriminating evidence married with a view taken by gardaí that the arrest process “might spook the suspect and they might talk”.
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