Trial date for Galway property developer for wasting Garda time

69 year old McGeever, with a former address in Ballywinna, Craughwell and more recently in Clontarf, Dublin 3, appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court today.

McGeever is charged with knowingly making false reports and statements to Gardai, contrary to Section 12(b) of the Criminal Law Act 1976, on various dates between January 29 and February 28, 2013, which tended to show that he had information relating to allegations of false imprisonment, assault and threats to harm. He's further charged with wasting Garda time by knowingly making false reports and statements, during the same period contrary to Section 12(a) of the same Act.Defence barrister, Francis Comerford, said the State would be calling 38 witnesses and the trial would take a considerable amount of time.