A 66-year-old former garda has pleaded guilty to two charges of demanding money with menaces.
Charles Farrell of Carrowteane, Skreen, Co Sligo appeared at Sligo District Court in relation to the charges that he aggressively demanded a percentage of money in relation to an insurance compensation claim from two men.
Mr Connolly also received a call from Mr Farrell in February in which he was shouting and was quite irate.Both men made complaints to gardaí and three legally held firearms were seized from the home of Mr Farrell, a bolt action rifle and two shotguns.Judge Brendan O'Reilly asked if any money had actually passed, and Sgt McGrath said no.
He said that being threatened with a firearm was worrying for him and his wife and had caused a lot of mental turmoil. The two injured parties, Mr O'Grady said, were very decent, hard-working members of society and had been life-long friends of Mr Farrell whose early plea of guilty in the case had avoided putting everyone through a trial.
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