This article is from page 11 of the 2007-08-07 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 11 JPG
IT TOOK six gardai to overpower an angry prisoner after he was arrested and brought to Killaloe Garda Station, it was claimed yesterday. It’s alleged that a large number of the officers involved in trying to restrain Declan Browne, of 19 Cecil Street in Limer- ick, were injured in the struggle.
Browne appeared yesterday before Ennis District Court where Judge Leo Malone was told he had breached a condition of his bail by getting in contact with the Cahill family in Mill- stream in Killaloe.
The court heard that the accused had previously had a relationship with a daughter of the Cahill family.
He allegedly caused €600 worth of damage to the Cahill family home and the mother, Mary Cahill, was in court
to give evidence that he further threat- ened her.
‘He rang me to say that he was com- ing back with a couple of people to finish the job he started two weeks ago,’ she said.
Browne’s solicitor, Tara Godfrey, asked garda witnesses if they were aware that his former girlfriend, Ms Cahill, had come to his apartment in Limerick of her own accord.
“He will say that they were trying to patch things up and that he called to the Cahill home because he was locked out of his Limerick apartment and didn’t have his keys,” she said.
But having heard allegations that Browne, who suffers from attention deficit disorder, was extremely vio- lent towards gardai, Judge Malone re- manded him in custody to appear be- fore the court again next Monday.