A leading GAA figure was forced to spend a year in prison for VAT fraud he did not commit because he believed the lives of his family to be under threat from loyalist racketeers, it has been claimed.

Gerald Moane, 47, Teigeshill Road, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, admitted 21 charges of submitting false returns and one of acquiring criminal property. He had claimed he was under pressure from ...