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06/12/2012
Garda Hopeful For Forensic Link To Kelly Murder
Gardaí investigating the murder of Eamon Kelly are hopeful forensic tests on a car thought to be the getaway vehicle will link a chief suspect to the crime.
A man arrested minutes after Kelly’s murder outside his home in Killester, north Dublin, on Tuesday was still being questioned on Wednesday night.
While he was arrested on foot on the same street the vehicle was abandoned, Garda sources said he was a distance from the car and his proximity to the vehicle will likely not be enough to charge him directly in relation to the murder.
However, he is being questioned about illegal possession of a firearm and membership of an illegal organisation, with a criminal charge on the latter now seen as most likely before his period of detention expires tomorrow.
The gun used to kill Kelly has still not been recovered. Gardaí are working on the theory that the man arrested was the getaway driver and not the person who pulled the trigger.
They believe the gunman escaped the scene on Stiles Court in Clontarf just before a patrol car arrived.
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A man arrested minutes after Kelly’s murder outside his home in Killester, north Dublin, on Tuesday was still being questioned on Wednesday night.
While he was arrested on foot on the same street the vehicle was abandoned, Garda sources said he was a distance from the car and his proximity to the vehicle will likely not be enough to charge him directly in relation to the murder.
However, he is being questioned about illegal possession of a firearm and membership of an illegal organisation, with a criminal charge on the latter now seen as most likely before his period of detention expires tomorrow.
The gun used to kill Kelly has still not been recovered. Gardaí are working on the theory that the man arrested was the getaway driver and not the person who pulled the trigger.
They believe the gunman escaped the scene on Stiles Court in Clontarf just before a patrol car arrived.
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