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Thu 06 Jun 2004Garda accused of refusing to answer queryThe chairman of the Barr tribunal has accused the Garda negotiator at the Abbeylara siege of refusing to answer his questions in relation to the dangers of crossfire at the scene.Mr Justice Barr told Det Insp Michael Jackson yesterday: "I will have to draw my own conclusions" - if the negotiator continued to evade his questions.