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At Limerick District Court yesterday, a 21 year old man appeared to be charged with the 2007 murder of Gareth Grant.

Greg Crawford, with an address at St Munchin’s Street, St Mary’s Park,the court heard, made mo reply when he was arrested by Gardai at 1020 hrs yesterday morning on Merchants Quay.

Mr. Grant was shot dead near his home on St. Ita’s Street, St. Mary’s Park on October 6th.

Armed gardai were present outside the court during the short hearing.  Crawford was remanded in custody until February 4th.

Meanwhile, in the Circuit Court, it emerged that the former treasurer of a county Limerick GAA club will sell her home to repay money she misappropriated from the club.

Patricia Carroll (49) Chapel Street, Kilfinane, had previously admitted to stealing €63,000 from the clubs lotto fund, and to forging cheques  to the tune of €35,000.

Carroll pleaded guilty to 19 charges for offences committed between October 2005 and March 2007.

It was heard in court yesterday that the defendant’s legal representative produced a written undertaking that the proceeds of the sale of the house, owned by Carroll’s mother, would go to repaying the stolen money to the GAA club.  Judge carroll moran had requested the guarantee at Carroll’s last appearance in the court.

After prosecutors accepted the undertaking, Judge Moran remanded the former treasurer in custody until the end of February.

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  • Converted Muck Savage
    She is only paying the money back cos she got caught, if she was never caught would she have paid the money back??????????. What she did was a criminal offence and therefore she should receive a sentence due to the amount of money involved, this money was stolen from a local GAA club which services the community.
  • starkie
    where did I say anything about rich or poor. my point was that if someone is in court for stealing, and theirs no violence and they have no previous convictions a custodial sentence is not justified. it actually looks as if this woman is going to get a sentence because the judge remanded her in custody. yes it was a lot of money but its being paid back and I think a suspended sentence would be justified. their are degrees of crime. I mean if she had stuck somone over the head with a hammer and tied them up then thats a different story. all cases are different.
  • boxerdog
    @ Starkie i think i might kill if im stuck for a few bob my 1st time so no prob,,,,,,, i see what you mean but there can be only one law for all of us, Not rich law and poor law.
  • Disturbing tha Peace
    If she was from a council estate she would be looking at a jail sentence regardless of previous convictions.
  • starkie
    sorry.
    im pissed. that should be philosophy
  • starkie
    that should be philosphy
  • starkie
    boxer dog.
    that would mean the y would have to build about twenty more prisons. and what prison does to first offenders is teach them how to become real criminals. so your philoshy wouldnt work.
  • boxerdog
    Fuck all sports i was on about if you take something thats not yours then GO TO JAIL simple !
  • law abider
    @ boxerdog

    What do you mean? Is that some anti GAA reference? The club involved informed the guards, the woman was prosecuted and she hasn't been let off. Her mother has to sell her house to keep her out of jail. Even if she had been let off it would have been the judge and not the GAA club who did so. The GAA club have taken her to court and asked the law to deal with her.
  • john
    The Irony of it!! The bank managers bring this county to its knees, the government mismanage the whole situation, backhanders....etc...etc. Her only mistake was she did not steal millions...then she would have got a big fat pension and kept out of jail. There is one law for all people in this country....lets apply it!
  • starkie
    that should be appropriate.
  • starkie
    she hasnt been dealt with yet. if it was a first offence and the money was paid back I think a non custodial sentence would be approprite. irrespective of whether it was from the g. a, a, or any other organisation.
  • boxerdog
    I wonder if i stole cash from star rovers or young munster and got caught and offered to pay the money back would i be let off. I doubt it
  • countrygirl
    Some people could only be loved by their mothers.....
  • starkie
    pat.
    I agre with you.
    I think this lady having access to a lot of cash got tempted and I wouldnt like to have been in that situation myself. as oscar wilde said, the one thing I cant resist is temptation. so I would not be too hard on her for that reason.
  • Pat
    What purpose is served by remanding this woman in prison?
  • Largeladd
    The same man bock
  • BockTheRobber
    Is this Mr Greg Crawford who received a 10-year prison sentence in recent weeks, or another gentleman of the same name?
  • starkie
    so her mother is paying for her crime. well I suppose thats the love of a mother. just an observation.
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