Not to my knowledge.Its extremely unreported for sure.
So he had a leg to stand on?
He was a teacher in my school. Organised the school musical every year with the local Loreto.
Gerryâs Left Leg has disappeared from RTĂâs documentaries
Professional gambler ârobbed of âŹ31,000 in uncashed betting slipsâ after alleged attack near bookies
A âprofessional gamblerâ was robbed of a backpack containing âŹ31,000 of uncashed winning betting slips as he made his way from a bookmakers, it is alleged.
Shane McKeever (33) is accused of being one of two muggers who set upon the man and stole his bag.
Judge Treasa Kelly granted conditional bail and adjourned the case at Dublin District Court for the DPPâs directions to be given.
Mr McKeever, of MacUilliam Parade, Tallaght, is charged with robbery.
Objecting to bail, Garda Dave Malone said the incident happened on December 16. He was on patrol when he responded to a report that a man had been mugged while walking at Charleston Road, Ranelagh.
As he made his way to the area he met two men at nearby Richmond Hill.
One fled while the other, the accused, remained at the scene. Mr McKeever was stopped for a drug search and as he was taken into custody, he dropped what the garda thought were two receipts. Garda Malone picked them up and found another 40 behind a railing.
The alleged victim made his way to the garda station and told how, during the alleged robbery, one assailant approached him from behind and the other pulled at his backpack.
He had put up a struggle, suffering cuts to his hands and abrasions to his knees. His jeans were ripped. He was âa bit soreâ afterwards, but did not need medical treatment.
The backpack contained aftershave, a padlock, a mobile phone worth âŹ100 and 42 uncashed Paddy Power winning betting slips worth âŹ31,000.
In CCTV footage gardaĂ saw the alleged victim being followed closely up the road from the betting shop by two men. The garda had found the betting slips and showed them to the man, who described himself as a âprofessional gambler.â
The garda maintained Mr McKeeverâs clothing matched the description and CCTV evidence.
Gda Malone accepted his bail objections did not include any concerns over witness interference as the alleged victim was not known to Mr McKeever.
Applying for bail, defence solicitor Aoife McNicholl said CCTV footage did not show the alleged incident and only showed individuals wearing clothing that was widely available. Gda Malone said the combination of clothes was distinctive.
There was no identity parade, the court heard.
Same fella?
Seems a bit far fetched to me a pro punter would walk about with 31k worth of betting slips.
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Well, you tell usâŚ
Well everyone knows whoâs won what nowadays anyway in a shop so letting it all pile up would be a risky move. Unless it was some sort of multi bet that clicked or something but it seems very unusual to me.
Ah lads.
42 slips? Bang of money-laundering off this
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Something very fishy about the whole thing. Possibly he wasnât getting paid or something and tried some sort of bizarre stunt to get some money.
Iâd say a fair chunk of them will be SSBT slips.
Easier to carry around the winning ones and re-scan on the terminal when placing a new bet?
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You wouldnât get 400 quid out of those yokes id say not to mind 42k
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Thatâs a busy road. Seems targeted.
Wonder how that went for him.
Jeez he has some leap there he was like a fella on springs
Woman who was left nothing in fatherâs will loses appeal against costs order
Cavan widower survived by four children but left all of his estate to his son
COLM KEENAA daughter who was left nothing in her fatherâs will and filed a legal notice that delays the processing of the estate has lost an appeal against a costs order.
Gordon Farrell, a merchant from Cootehill, Co Cavan, who died a widower in November 2019, was survived by four children but left all of his estate to his son.
The 87-year-old died four days after being in an accident and just 16 days after he had made a new will in the offices of a solicitor who had acted for him for many years. The execution of the will was witnessed by the solicitor and the solicitorâs trainee.
In a previous will in January 2007, Mr Farrell left his estate to his wife and, in the event that she should predecease him, to his four children in equal shares. His wife died in May 2019.
In a judgment published yesterday by the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Senan Allen said it appeared Mr Farrell had not told his children, or at least his daughter Karen Farrell, of his intention to make a new will or, after the event, that he had done so.
When Ms Farrell was shown a copy of the new will in January 2020, she decided she wanted to check the veracity of the original, and ârelentlesslyâ made contact by way of telephone calls, emails and letters to the solicitor and the executors of the will, who were two friends of the late Mr Farrell.
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The High Court was later critical of the solicitor for not engaging with Ms Farrell though it was clear âshe was not altogether easy to deal withâ, Mr Justice Allen said.
Ms Farrell lodged a caveat against the will in February 2020. Filing a caveat with the Probate Office prevents it from issuing a grant of probate for six months and is usually a precursor to challenging the validity of a will. The caveat was renewed in August 2020, leading to proceedings eventually being taken against Ms Farrell by solicitors acting for the executors of her fatherâs estate.
In a letter to Ms Farrell in October 2021, the solicitors for the executors said they were satisfied that her late father had signed the will in the presence of two witnesses, had acted freely while doing so, had the capacity to make his will, and knew and approved of the contents of the will before signing it.
In another letter the following month, the solicitors suggested Ms Farrell could inspect the will on a date later that month but expressed the view that they did not know what the reasons for the proposed inspection were. The offer to make an appointment to inspect the will was not taken up, Mr Justice Allen noted.
At the time of his death, the judge noted, Mr Farrell and one or more of his immediate neighbours were in discussion with a supermarket chain about the acquisition of a site that would include part of the garden of the deceasedâs home. Following his death, the negotiations with the supermarket were continued by the executors.
In August 2020, Ms Farrell sent an email to the supermarket âto say that there was âa legal problem with the portion of the siteâ owned by the deceased,â Mr Justice Allen said.
âBelly fullâ
In July 2022, an order was made in the High Court, on consent, setting aside the caveats to the will and in February of the following year an order for costs was made. At the costs hearing, Ms Farrell said she had filed the caveat because she had been blocked in her original attempts to inspect her fatherâs will and that by the time the offer of an appointment was made to her to view the document in November 2021, she had a âbelly fullâ of the executorsâ solicitors.
An award of certain legal costs against Ms Farrell made by the High Court was appealed by her to the Court of Appeal, which in its ruling yesterday found against her. In his judgment, which was supported by Mr Justice Costello and Mr Justice Pilkington, Mr Justice Allen said Ms Farrell ânever had any grounds on which to doubt the testamentary capacity of the deceased or the due execution of the will . . . Her complaint that she had been disinherited was premised on the validity of the willâ.