Reviews for Sheriff: A Detective's Story

The average rating for Sheriff: A Detective's Story based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-28 00:00:00 Martin Docampo An enjoyable read, covering the author's early life and his career in the Irish Garda, with many cases described. He has strong criticism of some of his colleagues and other people involved in the criminal justice system, but is generally proud of the work of the Garda. However, there is one flaw, concerning the so-called Kerry babies case, which the reader should be aware of. This case takes up a substantial part of the book and centres around an unmarried mother, Joanne Hayes, and two babies who died at about the same time. Hayes was the mother of one of the babies, which was possibly stillborn, but because of the stigma surrounding unmarried mothers at the time she and her family attempted to cover it up. The other baby ("John") was murdered and the body was found on the coast some distance away (this murder is still unsolved). Hayes was suspected of being John's mother, making the babies twins, and was charged with his murder, but the charges were dropped. O'Carroll claims that the babies probably were indeed twins, but recent DNA evidence, produced after the book was written, shows that Hayes was not John's mother, invalidating much of O'Carrol's account of the case.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-12-06 00:00:00 Frank Butler Awesome book, awesome first hand stories of events like WACO texas and several others, great book! Exciting and a interesting read