The former GSOC investigator who quit after allegedly attending a party with Gerry Hutch could face a maximum seven-year jail term, it has emerged.
The Irish Mirror has established that the ex-staff member at the independent policing watchdog was arrested on suspicion of illegally leaking information. Sources have confirmed he is being quizzed on suspicion of breaching the Garda Siochana Act of 2005.
That act outlaws gardai from leaking information that causes harm, but there is also an identical section that specifically covers the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission, or GSOC.