09/08/2013

Property Developer Charged With Wasting Garda Time Bailed

A property developer who claimed to have been kidnapped and was subsequently charged with wasting garda time, has been bailed to appear again next month.

68-year-old Kevin McGeever, with an address at Nirvana, Ballywinna, Craughwell, Co Galway, was before Harristown District Court on Friday after the High Court amended the terms of his bail on Thursday.

McGeever had been held at Castlerea Prison for almost three week when he had been unable to pay his bail on July 24.

His new bail conditions include: residing at an address at Brooklawn, Clontarf Dublin 3, signing on three times a week with gardaí, surrendering his travel documents, and putting up his own bond of €10,000.

He will appear again at Loughrea District Court on September 4.

(MH/CD)

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