A MAN who was employed by a Limerick solicitors with one of his duties including the collection of monies owed to the firm, is to be furnished with the book of evidence in his case of larceny, thefts and embezzlement on June 2 next. Should the DPP fail to meet that deadline, the case against 51-year-old Gary Carroll will be struck out after Judge Tom O’Donnell marked it peremptory against the State last week.
Inspector Seamus Nolan told the court that the book was not ready yet but that the file contained a complex set of charges that were both historic and technical in nature.
He attributed these facts to the delay before the court and in support of seeking a four-week adjournment.
Solicitor Ted McCarthy, noted that the case first came before the court in July of last year and that new charges were brought on February 24, and that the directions of the DPP were available just two days prior.
He added that an adjournment to the middle of April still proved fruitless.
With the case not making any progress before the court in some nine months, despite the directions of the DPP indicating that Gary Carroll, with an address at Woodlawn Drive, Dooradoyle, would face trial on indictment at the Circuit Court, Inspector Nolan sought a further two weeks.
Judge O’Donnell noted June 2 as a suitable adjournment to accommodate both sides and marked it peremptory against the State.
Gary Carroll faces two charges of larceny under the old act, three counts of embezzlement and 30 charges of theft of amounts varying between €1,000 and €19,000 and totalling over €140,000, on dates over a 10 year period between 1999 and 2009.
The case was adjourned and Carroll released on his own continuing bail.
