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Wed 11 Nov 2002Tribunal hears of garda claim that interviewee beat himself upA garda claimed that Mr Frank McBrearty jnr beat himself up while in custody in February 1997, the Morris tribunal heard yesterday.According to Mr Paul McDermott SC, counsel for the tribunal, Mr McBrearty jnr said he was assaulted by Garda John O'Dowd while in custody in connection with an allegation he had assaulted a man in his father's night-club. Mr McBrearty said Sgt John White also blew smoke in his face and walked over him.