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Suspected Veronica Guerin Killer dead

  • 19-06-2009 07:25PM
    #1
    Gary ITR
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    The man widely suspected of being the shooter that murdered Veronica Guerin has died in prison
    Irish criminal Patrick ‘Dutchy’ Holland has died in prison in the UK.

    He was found dead in his cell at around 6am this morning and the British Prison Service said he is thought to have died of natural causes.

    An investigation will now be carried out by the UK's Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, as is normal procedure.

    Holland was jailed in 2008 for his part in a plot to kidnap a London businessman.

    He is long suspected to have been linked to the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, but has never been tried for the killing.

    I'd like to see more of these criminals die behind bars


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  • #2
    TheZohanS
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    No loss.


  • #3
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    I thought it was Brian Meehan who killed her? :confused:


  • #4
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    brummytom wrote: »
    I thought it was Brian Meehan who killed her? :confused:

    He drove the bike


  • #5
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    Onkle wrote: »
    He drove the bike

    Allegedly


  • #6
    markok84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭markok84


    he was an odd character, didn't he work in the USA for a few years as a contract killer? He's no loss anyway


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  • #7
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Onkle wrote: »
    He drove the bike

    Oh ok, my mistake.. sorry


  • #8
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    ! wrote: »
    Allegedly
    He was the only person ever convicted of the murder of Veronica Guerin, so not so allegedly


  • #9
    markok84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭markok84


    ! wrote: »
    Allegedly

    he was convicted.


  • #10
    !
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    We don't know. It could have been

    Jonathon Gilligan
    Paul Ward
    Brian Meehan
    Johnny Traynor...

    We will never know for sure!


  • #11
    wudangclan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭wudangclan


    Onkle wrote: »
    He was the only person ever convicted of the murder of Veronica Guerin, so not so allegedly

    he wasn't.brian meehan was,i think.
    holland was named in court by states witness,charlie bowden ,as the trigger man,but never convicted of said crime.


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  • #12
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    Onkle wrote: »
    He was the only person ever convicted of the murder of Veronica Guerin, so not so allegedly

    But should he have been convicted any more than Jonathon Gilligan?

    I doubt it. Not much evidence. What about Fatpuss Bradley?


  • #13
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    wudangclan wrote: »
    he wasn't.brian meehan was,i think.
    holland was named in court by states witness,charlie bowden ,as the trigger man,but never convicted of said crime.

    You didn't read the whole thread, did you?


  • #14
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    ! wrote: »
    We don't know. It could have been

    Jonathon Gilligan
    Paul Ward
    Brian Meehan
    Johnny Traynor...

    We will never know for sure!

    Point is he was convicted of it.


  • #15
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    Onkle wrote: »
    Point is he was convicted of it.

    Yes. That is true. But we don't know anything for sure now, do we?


  • #16
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Why do scumbags make the news? Who gives a crap that he's dead?


  • #17
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    Kiera wrote: »
    Why do scumbags make the news? Who gives a crap that he's dead?

    Obviously not yourself! Don't say that too loud. I'm sure plenty of people love the man.


  • #18
    wudangclan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭wudangclan


    ! wrote: »
    You didn't read the whole thread, did you?

    yes,i did!


  • #19
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    wudangclan wrote: »
    yes,i did.

    Then you would have seen he was referring to Brian Meehan not Patrick.


  • #20
    wudangclan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭wudangclan


    ! wrote: »
    Then you would have seen he was referring to Brian Meehan not Patrick.

    my bad


  • #21
    admiralofthefleet
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    why was he in jail in the UK and not here?


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  • #22
    wudangclan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭wudangclan


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    why was he in jail in the UK and not here?

    attempted kidnapping


  • #23
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    why was he in jail in the UK and not here?

    He'd be too close to Jonathon Gilligan, I think was the reason.


  • #24
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    ! wrote: »
    Obviously not yourself! Don't say that too loud. I'm sure plenty of people love the man.
    Well i'm good friends wih Veronica's nephew so think anyone related to that are complete and utter scum. But even if i wasnt, they still killed an innocent women/person and should have been shot on the spot.


  • #25
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    Kiera wrote: »
    Well i'm good friends wih Veronica's nephew so think anyone related to that are complete and utter scum. But even if i wasnt, they still killed an innocent women/person and should have been shot on the spot.

    Right.


  • #26
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    ! wrote: »
    Yes. That is true. But we don't know anything for sure now, do we?

    It was proved in court. That's enough for me not to type ALLEGEDLY
    ! wrote: »
    He'd be too close to Jonathon Gilligan, I think was the reason.

    What tripe. He was charged with kidnap in the UK


  • #27
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Another scumbag departed.:)


  • #28
    !
    Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭!


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Another scumbag departed.:)

    Let's not start calling people names, shall we.


  • #29
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    ! wrote: »
    Let's not start calling people names, shall we.
    Why not? He was scum. He'll always be remembered as scum.

    If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck.....


  • #30
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    One less scumbag in the world. No loss. End of story.


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  • #31
    Local-womanizer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Local-womanizer


    ! wrote: »
    Let's not start calling people names, shall we.

    Another low life murdering no good citizen will do then.


    No loss.


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