JOHN Dundon, the convicted brother of fellow criminals Wayne and Ger Dundon, has been charged at a sitting of the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Shane Geoghegan. The 30-year-old who was jailed for five and half years last April for threatening to kill April Collins was brought before the three-judge court on the direction of the DPP. Dundon, with an address at Hyde Road, was charged with the murder of the 27-year-old rugby star in 2008.
Last February, 26-year-old Barry Doyle from Portland Row in Dublin was jailed for life for the murder of Shane Geoghegan after he confessed to the killing to gardai. His trial heard that the rugby ace was shot five times in Kilteragh, Dooradoyle in the early hours of November 9, 2008.
In a case of mistaken identity, Barry Doyle gunned down the Garryowen rugby player outside his home after he left a friend’s house. Doyle, who had been waiting nearby, chased Geoghegan and shot him in the head as the rugby star pleaded for his life.
The gunman had an intended target of John McNamara who lived four doors down from the victim. Evidence from April Collins during the trial of Doyle and the Central Criminal Court stated that Doyle was under instruction from another man to carry out the shooting. Chief Superintendent John Scanlan said after the trial of Barry Doyle that it was a “good result for the decent people of Limerick” but he also stressed that the investigation would be ongoing due to new matters coming to light in the trial. During his appearance today, John Dundon made no reply to the charge only to confirm to the court that he was the accused.
The State was directed by the DPP to charge Dundon at the Special Criminal Court as in her opinion, “the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice.
Dundon, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans was remanded in custody to appear again on October 2 when he is to be presented with a book of evidence.
