THE father of a Limerick man who is alleged to have pulled a gun on two people in Limerick city has paid €5,000 cash to secure his son’s release on bail, a court has heard.
Liam Casey (33) is alleged to have pulled a gun from his trousers as he approached two people near Cal’s Field, Hyde Road, Limerick before 6pm on May 6, 2016.
At a special sitting of the District Court in Ennis last Friday, gardai objected to Casey being granted bail when Garda Barry Moylan of Roxboro Road Garda Station, said that it would be the State’s case that Michael Shannon and Nicole Quinn saw Mr Casey pull a handgun from his tracksuit pants as he approached them.
Detective Garda Moylan said that Ms Quinn will say she saw the accused breach the gun as he walked towards her.
“She believed that when Liam Casey pointed the gun at her, she was dead,” Gda Moylan said.
Gda Moylan said he believes the alleged incident is linked to an alleged feud between Mr Casey’s family and the Shannon and O’Neill families in Limerick city.
With an address at 163 Hyde Road, Limerick, Liam Casey is charged that at Cal’s Field, Hyde Road, on May 6, 2015 he had a handgun intended unlawfully to threaten to kill a person or otherwise put persons in fear, contrary to Section 9 (5) of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990.
Defence solicitor Ted McCarthy said “Mr Casey instructs me he did not engage in this behaviour as alleged,” and that the allegations were unfounded.
As part of bail conditions, an address in Cork City was offered to the court where Casey could live and stay away from the people he is alleged to be feuding with.
Det Gda Moylan said that Casey “is a volatile and dangerous individual and is a hothead and I would fear that if he does receive bail there will be another incident as serious as this or more serious.”
However, Judge Mary Larkin said that the court was prepared to grant bail to Casey on his own bond of €1,000 and an independent surety to be approved by the court of €5,000, two thirds of which will have to be lodged.
Mr Casey will also have to observe a curfew and provide an address in Cork to the satisfaction of gardaí.
This Tuesday, Casey appeared at Limerick District Court in custody but the court heard that the 33-year-old’s father had €5,000 in cash to pay in to court to secure bail as the necessary documentation to freeze bank accounts would take too long to be processed by both the Court Services and the Bank.
The matter was adjourned to next month with Casey remanded on bail.
