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The jury in the trial of a 48-year-old garda accused of forging a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions has retired to consider its verdict.
Detective Garda Catherine McGowan, who is based at Bray Garda Station, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of forgery on 15 January 2009 at Bray Garda Station.
She has also pleaded not guilty to two counts of using a false instrument at Bray Garda Station and at Harcourt Street Garda Station between 21 and 22 June 2011.
The instrument is alleged to have been a letter from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, dated 14 January 2009, directing that there be no prosecution in a clerical child abuse case.
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