Joseph Behan granted bail and free legal aid over incident at Edenmore Shopping Centre
on Wednesday that Mr Behan replied, “I want to know what type of gun it was meant to be” to one charge.The defendant, who is unemployed, was granted legal aid.
Judge McHugh noted a garda objection to bail but held that despite the alleged offences being serious there were not grounds to refuse bail. Detective Sergeant Colbert had objected to bail citing the seriousness of the case. He told Judge McHugh it was alleged a person on a bicycle approached the takeaway at 00.19am on January 1 last.
Judge McHugh was told staff members threw a number of objects at the raider who fired two shots hitting one staff member in the chest and the other in the abdomen.Detective Sergeant Colbert agreed with defence solicitor Eoin Lysaght that the defendant had the presumption of innocence. He also said gardaí knew where Mr Behan lived, however, he raised concerns that there was “still a firearm outstanding” and added that it was a serious matter under investigation.
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