Andrew Carey
A CONVICTED Limerick murderer is to get his washing machine back from the State after gardai seized during the investigation of the murder of Ger McMahon in January 2012 – however he will have to wait for his clothes and mobile phone.
This week, Sean Flanagan (28) of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect, applied to the district court for the return of a washing machine seized by gardai.
His brother Ian, convicted of impeding the garda murder investigation also looked for the return of mobile phones and clothes from the State.
Inspector Dermot O’Connor told Judge Eugene O’Kelly at Limerick District Court that the State was finished with the washing machine but the clothes and mobile phone had “evidential value”, pending any further proceedings.
The 28-year-old was found guilty, along with his uncle, 46-year-old Paul Colbert, of stabbing Mr McMahon in January 2012 at the steps of a house on Lenihan Avenue. 43-year-old Gerard McMahon died a short time later in hospital as a result of being stabbed 13 times with a knife and hatchet.
Ian Flanagan, 24, was found guilty of impeding the Garda investigation into the fatal stabbing. He hid CCTV footage and thus impeding the apprehension of his brother and uncle.
Both Colbert and Sean Flanagan were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ger McMahon and Ian Flanagan is to be sentenced later this month.
