Did they have much evidence aside from the original confession? It would seem they went to court with a pretty weak case if they didn’t.
All of these gang related murders should be infront of a panel of judges. Very unfair putting ordainary people in a situation of having to convict a gang member knowing they could come after you
Bit stupid starting a trial with a juror who had a pre-booked flight too.
I reckon someone of the jury must have been got at.
An English cricketer has left the WC suffering from depression. I believe hes not the first to do so either in recent times. Surely reason enough to ban this abomination of a sport?
Why so? What evidence did they have beyond the confession?
Should we ban hurling and football as well seeing as lads playing those games get depression?
You stupid moronic waste of space.
:lol:
Tock tick…
That’s a ridiculous comment.
You haven’t a clue what that poor lad is going through.
Depression :lol:
I know Farmer, I cant imagine how tough it must be to play/watch/experience cricket. I honestly, hand on heart have every sympathy for him. I dont wish it on anyone.
And for that reason and many more cricket should be outlawed.
Re geoghegan decision, sounds.like.the cops were far too eager to get this guy, threatened his.bird, basically harassment, geniuses.
Alwamp was going to be hard once a unanimous decision was needed always one dope in every crowd.
He could well be the right guy but I haven’t seen any evidence yet beyond the initial confession that supported the case. I’m sure the cops themselves were under massive pressure to get a result on this one and that’s probably why they went to court on such a weak case.
The judge had said he would take a 10 to 1 majority.
On the issue of evidence, the cops had LOTS of hearsay and conjecture.
The manner they extracted the confession is what has fucked them…
If they had calmed the FUCK down and done it properly they would be sound now…fookin gardai…
Double post.
This is the IT section on the evidence:
Mr Doyle’s then girlfriend testified he had texted her at about 8pm that Saturday to say he was going to turn off his phone and that he had something to do.
Victoria Gunnery explained that Mr Doyle had moved to Limerick in 2008 while she remained in Dublin with their baby, who had a heart complaint.
She said after Mr Doyle switched his phone back on at about 1.30am on the Sunday, she texted him to ask why he had turned it off.
“He told me to read the teletext in the morning,” she testified.
She said she did this and learned a man had been shot in Limerick. She said Mr Doyle rang her from Turkey some days later and asked what the newspapers were saying about the murder.
“They know it’s you because they say it’s a very close associate of Patrick Doyle,” she informed him, referring to the defendant’s brother. “He said they had no proof,” she recalled in court.
Both Ms Gunnery and Mr Doyle were arrested on February 24th, 2009, Ms Gunnery on suspicion of withholding information, Mr Doyle on suspicion of the murder.
Mr Doyle was interviewed 23 times over a number of days, denying any involvement until after a consultation with his solicitor.
During the 15th interview on February 26th, 2009, he admitted shooting Mr Geoghegan seven or eight times, which tallied with ballistics evidence. He admitted chasing him into a back garden on the victim’s cul-de-sac and shooting him in the back of the head.
“He was leaning against the wall when I shot him and he just slid down,” he recalled.
He told gardaí his gun jammed and he pulled back the slide two or three times, which was confirmed by the finding of two undischarged casings on the street. The Glock pistol used was never discovered.
Mr Doyle accepted the shooting had been a mistake and said he was sorry.
After his first admission, he took white plastic rosary beads from around his neck and asked gardaí to give them to Mr Geoghegan’s “Ma”.
On that reading it seems fairly unlikely that the detail he provided would so closely match the ballistic evidence if he was making it up. Presumably that’s on tape as well and not just part of a written statement.
This is the bit on the pressure applied by the cops:
Martin O’Rourke, defending, argued there had been inducement and psychological pressure by gardaí before the admissions.
He said the detectives were asking Mr Doyle to tell them what they wanted to hear so Ms Gunnery could return home to their sick child, who was due to have a heart scan the day they were arrested.
The jury heard Mr Doyle’s solicitor, Michael O’Donnell, had tried to do “a deal” with investigating gardaí on behalf of his client. Mr O’Donnell had told them Mr Doyle would confess if Ms Gunnery was first released from custody.
Det Sgt Mark Phillips told the court he and his colleague rejected this deal, knowing any admissions made this way would constitute inducement and consequently would not stand up in court.
He agreed the admissions came immediately after this meeting with the solicitor, but said Mr O’Donnell knew there was no deal.
It sounds like they fucked up massively here alright. Although since he wasn’t talking they might have had no choice but to release him if he didn’t crack.
The defence Barry should have a field day with this.
How the hell can the Arts Council put €1.75 million into this project and in less than three years the whole thing can be derailed by a rackrenting landlord? It beggars belief that there wasn’t some sort of long term arrangement here or at least a clawback clause for all parties. Best of luck to this Flynn character on getting another cultural use out of that part of the building as he requires under the terms of his planning permission. I will be very pissed off if the Lighthouse falls over this.
PROVISONAL DRIVER WHO KILLED AN ELDERLY WOMAN CONVICTED OF CARELESS DRIVING
28 March 2011
An unaccompanied provisional driver who struck and killed an elderly woman on the Corbally Road two years ago has been convicted of Careless Driving at Limerick District Court.
52 year old part-time school teacher Mary McCarthy from Corrib Drive, Clareview had contested the charge after claiming she didn’t see 74 year old Ann Storan crossing the road until her car hit the woman killing her and her pet terrier dog.
She has been fined €500 following the fatal accident which occurred on the 10th of May 2009.
Live 95FM’s Eric Clarke reports
Ann Storan from Breska, Corbally Road had safely crossed one lane of traffic before being struck by Mary McCarthy’s silver Toyota Yaris in the inbound lane of the Corbally Road.
The driver of the car behind Ms McCarthy gave evidence that she had a clear view of Ann Storan and remembered waiting for the car in front to brake. ‘But it didn’t and it struck the old lady,’ she said.
The court heard Mary McCarthy never drinks and there was no evidence of excessive speeding or use of a mobile phone.
In court she accepted there was nothing obscuring her view but added ‘I wouldn’t have driven into the woman if I’d seen her.’
She has a previous conviction for leaving the scene of a road crash and the court heard she also previously struck a pedestrian at LIT.
Judge Tom O’Donnell said it was clear in the case before him that Ms McCarthy did not drive with the appropriate care and attention.
Fuckin Hell