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A 40-year-old criminal who is wanted in the UK for murder was arrested today in Midlands Prison in connection with a murder in January 2003 that sparked the deadly Limerick dispute.
The imerick man Keith Galvin, also known as Keith McCarthy, is being held at the Roxboro Road Garda station after his arrest in Co Laois Jail.
He is being questioned about the murder of Limerick crime lord Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of Keane’s nephew, Owen Treacy, nearly 18 years ago.
Earlier this month, Galvin was taken to the Criminal Courts of Justice from Cloverhill Prison, where he is serving a six-month sentence for obstruction of gardai while in detention at Bray Station.
He was arrested on foot of a European arrest warrant in connection with the murder of talented chef Kerrin Repman (29) died when his motorcycle was hit by a BMW in a “selective crash” in Harwich, Essex, on April 15.
A 79-year-old woman walking by at the time suffered multiple broken limbs and was taken to hospital for treatment in the horrific incident that is not being treated as ‘road rage’.
Bray officers had originally arrested Galvin for heroin possession after he was arrested and searched in the town of Co Wicklow in October.
Gardai in Bray suspected he had given them false details about his true identity and was charged with the obstruction offenses after he refused to give fingerprint samples at the station.
He was then placed in pretrial detention and later sentenced for this crime in the Bray District Court.
After extensive investigations by the local Gardai, they determined that the suspect they arrested on the simple charge of heroin possession was the subject of significant persecution by the English police that led to his arrest by the Extradition Unit of Garda.
Further investigation by Limerick-based detectives revealed that Galvin has been wanted for questioning in Limerick for over 17 years for the gruesome murder carried out by the McCarthy / Dundin gang.
“The man was arrested this morning under a warrant issued by a District Court judge and taken to Roxboro Road Garda Station, Limerick, where he is currently detained under the provisions of Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act of 1999”. a Garda spokeswoman said today.
A senior source told Independent.ie: “There were five people involved in a joint venture in this murder – two sets of three. Five of those men have already been convicted; there is a prominent person who must be brought to justice.
Mafia boss Kieran Keane and Owen Treacy were kidnapped by members of the McCarthy Dundon criminal gang and driven to a lonely country road in Drombana, located a short distance from Limerick city.
Keane (36) was shot in the head and Treacy, who received 17 stab wounds, miraculously survived after playing dead.
Mr. Treacy was thrown by the gang on the side of the road, next to the body of his dead uncle, however, he managed to raise the alarm in a nearby house and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Treacy was the State’s key witness in the trial of five McCarthy Dundon gang members, who were later jailed for life for the murder of Mr. Keane and the attempted murder of Mr. Treacy.
They are: Dessie Dundon, (37) of Hyde Road, Limerick; David Stanners “Frogs Eyes”, (48), of Pineview Gardens, Moyross; James McCarthy, (39), of Delmege Park, Moyross; Christopher “Smokie” Costelloe, (37), of Moylish Avenue, Ballynanty Beg and Anthony “Noddy” McCarthy, (38), of Fairgreen, Garryowen.
The suspect arrested today for the murder has served significant prison terms in the UK for crimes such as robbery and assault.
It has not yet been determined when he fled to Ireland or how long he had been in Bray before his original arrest about three months ago.
In July, UK Crimestoppers issued an appeal in the murder case and offered a £ 5K reward for information.
Mick Duthie, COO of Crimestoppers, said: “It appears that the driver of the BMW car drove at high speed to intentionally target Mr. Repman on his bike.
“This dangerous, callous and reckless behavior has resulted in one death and another person nearly died.
“It is important to our charity that communities stay safe and that is why we offer this reward, to get a potentially dangerous person off our streets.
“We are asking anyone with information on the location of Mr. McCarthy to do the right thing and to tell our charity what they know, 100% anonymously.”
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