John Wilson said he suspects the person behind the account is a former member of An Garda Siochana
Courageous whistle-blower John Wilson has said he joined a legal action against X (formerly Twitter) seeking to have the holder of an account identified – after he was falsely accused of being ‘corrupt’ on the social media platform.
And Mr. Wilson said he suspects the person behind the account is a former member of An Garda Siochana who served at a senior level.
Mr. Wilson is one of five people, now being represented by human rights lawyer, Kevin Winters, who has applied to the High Court in Belfast for an order – known as a Norwich Pharmaceutical Order - forcing Twitter to identify the holder of the recently deleted account.
Mr Wilson, who retired from An Garda Siochána in 2013, first brought information of Garda penalty points malpractice to the attention of members of Dáil Eireann under the Garda Siochána Act 2005 in 2012.
In his first interview since details of the case became public, Mr. Wilson – who retired from An Garda Siochana 10 years ago – said: “This account was brought to my attention earlier on this year.
“This individual, on the original biography on the account, made a derogatory comment about a group called ‘Justice 4 All.’
“Now this was a group set up about 10 years ago to highlight garda malpractice and garda corruption.
“I was the chairperson of that group and it was spearheaded by Mick Wallace and Claire Daly.
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