A MAN and a woman today (Monday) pleaded not guilty to possessing over €32,000 in cash, which the State has alleged both accused each knew to be the “proceeds of crime”.
Raymond Collopy (55), of St Munchin’s Street, St Mary’s Park, Limerick, and Ciara Bradshaw (45), of Sarsfield Avenue, Upper Pennywell, Garryowen, Limerick, entered not guilty pleas before judge Colin Daly at the Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
A jury of seven women and five men was sworn in to hear the case against the two accused.
Prosecution barrister John O’Sullivan told the jury that the prosecution alleges that Mr Collopy and Ms Bradshaw were each in possession of €32,960 at Ms Bradshaw’s address, on April 15, 2019.
He said the cash “is alleged to be the proceeds of criminal conduct, and it is alleged the accused each knew the money to have been the proceeds of crime, or they were reckless as to the cash being the proceeds of criminal conduct.”
The prosecution barrister said that Gardaí recovered the money at Ms Bradshaw’s address on the date in question in 2019.
Judge Daly sent the jury away until Tuesday when they will begin hearing evidence on the opening day of the trial.
