Catherine McGowan sent for trial over forged DPP letter

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Catherine McGowan was sent forward for trial accused of using a false instrument at Dublin District Court on 19 July 2013. The alleged instrument was a letter purporting to come from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

McGowan, a Garda attached to a station in County Wicklow, was charged over the alleged use of the letter at Bray Garda Station on 21 June 2011. The report said she had not entered a plea. The Dublin District Court order sent her case to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where her next hearing was scheduled for 11 October 2013. She was remanded on continuing bail in her own bond of €100.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.