Court hears “blood was up” in feud over property that has been ongoing for 14 years
A father and son have been remanded in custody after they were charged with assaulting two other family members in what gardaí alleged was a feud over property ongoing for 14 years.
Both were brought before Bantry District Court on Monday, where Garda Joseph Maher gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution in respect of the charges against Jerry Brennan snr, while Det Garda Jonathan O’Donovan gave similar evidence in relation to William Brennan. Det Garda O’Donovan said William Brennan of the same address replied in relation to producing the knife in the course of a dispute “I did not do that but if I did not pull the knife, I would be dead right now.” The knife was a hunting knife, he told the court.
He said the agrarian dispute went back 14 years and 20 incidents had been reported to gardaí over the past five years. Matters had escalated in recent months and gardaí feared it would escalate further if the accused were granted bail. He said that there was strong evidence against both accused who were arrested at the scene. Gardai had also taken a number of witness statements as well as dash cam audio.
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