The High Court is expected tomorrow to order the extradition of a criminal who is suspected of involvement in the 2003 gangland slaying of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane to English authorities who want to charge him with the murder of a man in Essex last year.
Keith McCarthy (41), who is also known as Keith Galvin, was arrested on foot of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) in December in connection with the murder of talented chef Kerrin Repman (29) who was killed when his motorbike was hit by a BMW in a targeted crash in Harwich, Essex, on April 15 last.
A 79-year-old woman who happened to be walking past at the time, suffered multiple broken limbs in the horrific incident which is not being treated as ‘road rage’.
The High Court is expected tomorrow to order the extradition of a criminal who is suspected of involvement in the 2003 gangland slaying of Limerick crime boss Kieran Keane to English authorities who want to charge him with the murder of a man in Essex last year.
Man arrested over 2003 Limerick murder released without charge
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A man who was being questioned about the gangland murder of Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew Owen Treacy almost 18 years ago has been released without charge.
Kieran Keane, 36, died after he was shot in the head in an execution-style killing near Drombanna on the outskirts of Limerick city on January 29, 2003.
Owen Treacy, who was 31 at the time, was stabbed 17 times and left for dead on a rural road.
The investigation is one of the largest ever launched in Limerick and yesterday gardai arrested a man in an Irish prison after they secured a warrant from a district court judge.
Gardai arrest man over grisly Limerick gangland murder of crime boss Kieran Keane in 2003
Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 21:45
GARDAI have arrested a man over a notorious 2003 gangland murder.
The suspect, who was already in custody over a separate matter, was detained on foot of a warrant issued by a District Court judge over the slaying of crime boss Kieran Keane and the attempted murder of his nephew Owen Treacy.
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Gardai are expected to charge the man following his arrest today
The pair were abducted by members of the McCarthy-Dundon gang and brought to a lonely rural road outside Limerick where Keane was shot in the head and Treacy was stabbed 17 times, but miraculously survived after playing dead.