TRIAL UNDERWAY IN CASE OF ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM COUNTY COUNCILLOR
Date Published: 04-May-2010
The trial is underway at Galway Circuit Criminal Court of a 69 year old city man accused of attempting to steal 5,000 euro from a county councillor.
Patrick Walsh of 117 Friar’s Hill, denies the attempted theft of the money from Cllr Fahy between December 23rd 2008 and April 4th 2009.
After giving the jury the background of Cllr Fahy’s appeal against his conviction concerning Galway county council funding, Mr Fahy said the accused Padraig Walsh made several phone calls to Cllr Fahy claiming to be a man called David Wallace between Christmas Eve 2008 and April 2009.
The trial has now entered legal argument and Judge Raymond Groarke has sent the jury away until tomorrow morning.