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Trevor Deely case - new witness

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  • Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Username you choose


    hurikane wrote: »
    This thread is mad. Was walking down near the canal one night, on the way out with a few mates. A young lad burst out of the bushes at an office, was only too delighted to tell us his story. He was in UCD, got a taxi in to town, drove around with taxi drivers looking for prostiutes. Found one, got a blowjob in bushes at offices and was now looking for a taxi back to UCD.

    As for the other lad in the thread who met the junkie girlfriend of the junkie down by the canal and went back and rode her in front of the fella strung out on heroin. Wtf is wrong with the world.


    I don't disagree with you, I was very niave and stupid. I had no idea the danger* I was in myself, I almost took satisfaction going down there, I was shy and didn't interact with girls much, this is my reason, no questions asked, hand over cash and get instant relief. Looking back now I feel guilty, especially how easy it is to disappear.

    * I was always drunk when I went there, crazy to think of it now. Driving past there in daytime you would never imagine the goings on at night, even now, not as many prostituting there, but I'm sure if you know where to look you will find.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    hurikane wrote: »
    This thread is mad. Was walking down near the canal one night, on the way out with a few mates. A young lad burst out of the bushes at an office, was only too delighted to tell us his story. He was in UCD, got a taxi in to town, drove around with taxi drivers looking for prostiutes. Found one, got a blowjob in bushes at offices and was now looking for a taxi back to UCD.

    As for the other lad in the thread who met the junkie girlfriend of the junkie down by the canal and went back and rode her in front of the fella strung out on heroin. Wtf is wrong with the world.

    Wheres the romance :pac::pac:


  • Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ............ it's around £150 to have sex with a girl in angels, compared to £20_30 for a blowjob or handjob..............

    totally off topic but I don't believe lapdancers in Angels were offering sex for £150 in the late 90s ........ VIP room activity would cost £150 for effectively nothing beyond a grind.


  • Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Username you choose


    Augeo wrote: »
    totally off topic but I don't believe lapdancers in Angels were offering sex for £150 in the late 90s ........ VIP room activity would cost £150 for effectively nothing beyond a grind.

    As I mentioned before, I knew the main bouncer. I can guarantee you there were girls who offered this service. This was mentioned of course when in private booth receiving lapdance. Not all girls I'm sure but definitely it was offered if you had a hotel room for instance...


  • Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Stripper goes to hotel, does the deed and back home / to Angels for £150 when she can make that in VIP room in 30 mins.
    No doubt it was an offer from a few but not for that price.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Augeo wrote: »
    Stripper goes to hotel, does the deed and back home / to Angels for £150 when she can make that in VIP room in 30 mins.
    No doubt it was an offer from a few but not for that price.

    The difference between private enterprise and corporate management.
    #profitmargin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    The difference between private enterprise and corporate management.
    #profitmargin

    Id say with TD being a banking whizz he probably was crunching the numbers back at the office.


  • Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭DarTipp


    Hi all, I must firstly say that my thoughts are with TD family, friends and work colleagues especially at this time of year.

    I am in my late 30s now, something in particular always (haunted, intrigued, scared) not sure which word fits. I used to frequent the area quite a bit around the 97-00 mark, a friend of mine worked in the area and we used to meet every Friday for drinks. I knew a lad at my workplace who was the main bouncer of angels lapdancing club, many a time we would head there as we got in for free.

    Many times also, I would get separated from my friend (he used to wander off or go home too drunk) we were young and being in the city you felt so free, invincible almost. We took no drugs so would not have been in the drugs "scene" directly, however, I am not ashamed to say it, used to head down along the canal on numerous occasions at that time, mostly after being in angels, few drinks, girls dancing, maybe few private dances etc.. needless to say I was young dumb and full of *um!

    I took the services of many ladies down by the canal and surrounding areas, never once was I offered to go to s house or car, nor did I witness or have any interactions with any male pimps. I did not see any men watching us or me in particular.
    ;

    1) Some of the girls, one in particular, seemed to greatly enjoy our interactions, didn't charge me full amount, told me if she was caught she would be in trouble, I guess it was off the books?!

    2) If someone was watching us and unbeknownst to me was keeping close eye on us, It's impossible for me to say. I never felt threatened or uncomfortable considering the situations I was in. I had one thing on my mind and that clouded any rational thinking.

    I don't know that I'm trying to say really, this case in my opinion was a matter of TD having few drinks that night, for whatever reason, maybe he was lonely (like me) and the access to women was tempting as long as you had £20-30 then why would that not be a possibility? I really think TD either agreed to meet a lady or paid for a service but didn't go through and looked for refund? I do NOT believe he drowned or was victim of a hit and run. I don't have evidence of course to back up my theory, I just think some prefer to think that this young man would never attempt to meet a lady of the night. It is of course highly likely he did. Maybe regretted it or sobered up and thought to ring his friend about it. As I mentioned I was many times in similar situation, the difference is I initially paid for services and can swear under oath, we don't know if TD did the same.

    Either way, my point is probably not well made, no good at writing to be honest. I am merely saying, I could have easily very easily found myself like TD, if I was offered to go to a house back then, I probably in all honesty gone there. I was lucky. Each time this case comes up in the media I shiver.

    I hope the family get the answers and justice they deserve.

    well said, whatever he decided to do or had agreed with MIB he could easily have changed his mind when talking to his work mate karl as he sobered up a bit, I'd imagine those lads (MIB/pimp) probably though he (trevor) was messing them around and didn't take kindly to it,

    the positive is that at least people have come forward recently and hopefully this will lead to the family getting the answer(s) they want

    this may not seem too important, trevor arranged to meet glen and Conrad in naas for a few drinks and never showed up ? was this normal for him and would they have contacted trevor , trevor told his parents he was doing Christmas shopping in Dublin and wouldn't be home that weekend , anyway it seems a shame something bad happened to him as by all accounts he was a decent lad


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭2cool4school


    as a source of reminiscences about fictional encounters with prostitutes this thread is second to none. really proving it's worth now as a means of keeping awareness of Trevor's case in peoples minds. definitely shouldn't be locked and deleted, no way...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Yellow_Fern


    as a source of reminiscences about fictional encounters with prostitutes this thread is second to none. really proving it's worth now as a means of keeping awareness of Trevor's case in peoples minds. definitely shouldn't be locked and deleted, no way...

    The quality of the posts is mixed but I think your comment is unfair. No reason for it to be locked.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    as a source of reminiscences about fictional encounters with prostitutes this thread is second to none. really proving it's worth now as a means of keeping awareness of Trevor's case in peoples minds. definitely shouldn't be locked and deleted, no way...

    Trevor went missing from an area renowned for prostitution. AGS now believe he had an encounter with a criminal gang operating in the area. They are two facts that we know.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭tara73


    good lord, now the conclusion seems unanimous again he took the service of a prostitute. ffs he was a very good looking young lad and if up to, he could have pulled young girls his age and mind-set in any nightclub. I never ever believe this decent guy had the urge for a seedy encounter at 4am on a stormy, rainy night on his way home from the christmas party.

    I think next to the Alaska stories this is the most ridiculous assumption.

    For me, the most credible and likely scenario is he came about something on his way home, for example a woman (and yes, maybe a prostitute) were abused by a man, be it heavily verbally and presumably also physicallly, she was shouting or crying (for help), Trevor heard it and went there to intervene. It was probably in a back yard of some dodgy house (and yes, maybe a house used as a brothel). The abuser of that woman for sure tried to get rid of Trevor, he hit him and he killed him unintentionally. Sometimes one bad hit and an unlucky fall on a hard stoney ground can kill someone instantly. People in the dodgy house didn't notice anything as drama between pimps and their prostitues or fights between men were probably normal.
    All this happening in a backyard, people on the street didn't notice anything. The body could have been hidden in the house (and still is) or backyard or being disposed of discreetly somewhere completely else at a later time.

    If this is to grahpical, Mods will delete it, but I think it is the most realistic and likely scenario, the nonsense about Trevor using prostitutes is more upsetting to the family than this, for me, realistic theorie what happened.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭Fanny Wank


    Points out people are making ridiculous assumptions. Proceeds to make an equally ridiculous assumption

    I said it on the last thread, I hope I'm never on trial for a crime I didn't commit. People posting on this thread could be on the jury FFS


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭iano.p


    I feel for the family. But alot of the theories can't be ruled out be it suicide or meeting a prostitute. I lived on lower baggot street for a short while. Some of the men meeting these women most people would say he has a good job, or a good looking fella he wouldn't need to go to a prostitute, but they do. I am not saying that happen but can't be Dismissed. One night I was walking home from a pub and seen a man laying to a woman. I went over and told him to stop he hit me I hit him back then the woman started hitting me for getting involved now I am a big chap but the man was much smaller but still wanted to fight. Only I had two of my friends I do feel things could have gone very different. For months till I moved away that chap use to stop anytime I was walking and just keep staring at me trying intimate me the first 5minutes could have gone very different some dark evening for me I feel. Something like that could very easily happen.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Fanny **** wrote: »
    Points out people are making ridiculous assumptions. Proceeds to make an equally ridiculous assumption

    I said it on the last thread, I hope I'm never on trial for a crime I didn't commit. People posting on this thread could be on the jury FFS

    Yep, people with feelings are frightening.

    Eddie Murphy and Hugh Grant were caught with prostitutes before.

    Somebody should have told them they didn’t need to but they probably didn’t realise they could have pulled scary spice and Liz Hurley.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭tara73


    Fanny **** wrote: »
    Points out people are making ridiculous assumptions. Proceeds to make an equally ridiculous assumption

    I said it on the last thread, I hope I'm never on trial for a crime I didn't commit. People posting on this thread could be on the jury FFS

    yes, and what do you expect from a thread with this subject? assumptions about the weather?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭tara73


    iano.p wrote: »
    I feel for the family.

    I think it needs to be pointed out nobody is forced to read the stuff here on boards or elsewhere, including the family.

    But in general, I also wonder why this thread wasn't closed from the beginning at all..big, big questionmark..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭Cushie Butterfield


    tara73 wrote: »

    For me, the most credible and likely scenario is .......
    Your rescuing a damsel in distress theory is no more credible than anyone else's on this thread. Suddenly you have introduced a gangster's moll & have added an additional layer of intrigue to the sequence of events leading up to Trevor's disappearance, just because that's what you'd like to believe happened. This certainly won't be of any comfort to family & friends, so scolding others for doing the same is pretty pointless.

    I think that, unfortunately the true facts will never come out especially given the passage of time. I also think that the best anyone can hope for is the recovery of his body. Pathology investigations may at that stage at least establish cause of death etc. If the gardaí have a suspect (dead or alive) then perhaps DNA traces could lead to some sort of resolution to what is a very sad & tragic situation that family & friends have had to endure for so many years.


  • Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Username you choose


    as a source of reminiscences about fictional encounters with prostitutes this thread is second to none. really proving it's worth now as a means of keeping awareness of Trevor's case in peoples minds. definitely shouldn't be locked and deleted, no way...

    I can only assume you are referring to my post? (if not I apologize). Just to clarify, I am not saying that TD took the services of a prostitute that night, what I am saying is it is a possibility considering the location, time of night, alcohol consumed etc...

    I was similar age to TD, was working full time, I would have considered myself okay looking, certainly could have "pulled" a girl in a bar, I struggled with confidence and was not experienced in relationships at the time.

    Surely you can't be so niave to think that it's not even a (slim) possibility TD decided to meet for paid services? there seems to be a general assumption on this thread that TD would have never ever ever have tried to solicit sex.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭misterme123


    Getting back to this new witness...after years of no progress there are now two witnesses, the one who caused the dig in Chapelizod and this more recent one. I'm a bit skeptical about the more recent one as I haven't seen any mention beyond the original report.

    But assuming there are two unique witnesses, I'd like to know:

    (1) if they are unconnected to each other or not. For example, one could have been involved on the night while the other has heard rumours or knows/recognises MIB, in which case they are unconnected. Or they could both have heard the same rumours, or both been involved on the night.

    (2) Did they name the same suspect (identity of MIB?) and do their version of events roughly align?

    It seems like the first witness named a suspect. Has the second witness named someone? If the two witnesses are (1) unconnnected and (2) name the same suspect with similar stories, that would be a massive development for a case that has long looked like it would never be solved.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,700 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Don't see much difference between this thread and the last one. Same amateur Sherlock Holmes codology.


  • Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Username you choose


    Arghus wrote: »
    Don't see much difference between this thread and the last one. Same amateur Sherlock Holmes codology.

    Interested to know if you have a theory on what happened to TD?


  • Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭Alliance123


    Getting back to this new witness...after years of no progress there are now two witnesses, the one who caused the dig in Chapelizod and this more recent one. I'm a bit skeptical about the more recent one as I haven't seen any mention beyond the original report.

    But assuming there are two unique witnesses, I'd like to know:

    (1) if they are unconnected to each other or not. For example, one could have been involved on the night while the other has heard rumours or knows/recognises MIB, in which case they are unconnected. Or they could both have heard the same rumours, or both been involved on the night.

    (2) Did they name the same suspect (identity of MIB?) and do their version of events roughly align?

    It seems like the first witness named a suspect. Has the second witness named someone? If the two witnesses are (1) unconnnected and (2) name the same suspect with similar stories, that would be a massive development for a case that has long looked like it would never be solved.

    There is no new witness. Its bs. That gets released to get people talking again and especially at this time of year.

    Very sad case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    There is no new witness. Its bs. That gets released to get people talking again and especially at this time of year.

    Very sad case.

    But there most certainly was one last year.

    Believe me, the Gardaí don't shut off an acre and dig it up for a month with security precautions, on a mere rumour.

    And the few scraps of information that the Guards released at that time, and the actions they took, do tell us a little about the direction of the real investigation.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    But there most certainly was one last year.

    Believe me, the Gardaí don't shut off an acre and dig it up for a month with security precautions, on a mere rumour.

    And the few scraps of information that the Guards released at that time, and the actions they took, do tell us a little about the direction of the real investigation.

    The sister said the dig had nothing to do with this case. Maybe perhaps she was telling the truth. I got one believe her.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    BDI wrote: »
    The sister said the dig had nothing to do with this case. Maybe perhaps she was telling the truth. I got one believe her.
    They did not know that when they started though and they would not have started unless the info was some way solid


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭misterme123


    BDI wrote: »
    The sister said the dig had nothing to do with this case. Maybe perhaps she was telling the truth. I got one believe her.


    I don't understand what this means. We know that nothing relevant was found. Are you just saying that witness has since been deemed not credible? Surely you don't mean that the gardai had alternative reasons for the dig.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    BDI wrote: »
    The sister said the dig had nothing to do with this case. Maybe perhaps she was telling the truth. I got one believe her.

    Well, the Guards said that it did, that the dig was conducted in connection with the case.

    She probably meant, that nothing connected to the case was found.

    Some other stuff was found, bits and pieces relating to criminal activity: I get a feeling that the Guards have not published all the information about this (and for excellent reasons, no doubt)

    So, the dig doesn't seem to have added anything to the question of TD's disappearance, in the end: but they clearly believed that it had to be done, all the same, because of "a credible witness" in the matter.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    Well, the Guards said that it did, that the dig was conducted in connection with the case.

    She probably meant, that nothing connected to the case was found.

    Some other stuff was found, bits and pieces relating to criminal activity: I get a feeling that the Guards have not published all the information about this (and for excellent reasons, no doubt)

    So, the dig doesn't seem to have added anything to the question of TD's disappearance, in the end: but they clearly believed that it had to be done, all the same, because of "a credible witness" in the matter.
    operative words


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,386 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    BDI wrote: »
    The sister said the dig had nothing to do with this case. Maybe perhaps she was telling the truth. I got one believe her.

    Totally agree,

    I don't think the tip was credible.

    Nothing was found connecting Trevor's body at the site, unless people think the body was moved at a later date from when it was first placed there.

    And if some harm came upon Trevor on Haddington Road, there was the sea and mountains where a body could be discarded.

    I understand the Guards had to act on the tip but, whoever said it was connected to Trevor put his family through an awful ordeal

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Totally agree,

    I don't think the tip was credible.

    Nothing was found connecting Trevor's body at the site, unless people think the body was moved at a later date from when it was first placed there.

    And if some harm came upon Trevor on Haddington Road, there was the sea and mountains where a body could be discarded.

    I understand the Guards had to act on the tip but, whoever said it was connected to Trevor put his family through an awful ordeal
    The guards seemed to think it was credible and they have more knowledge on the case than we do. Not to mention the fact that they couldn't just order the dig, they had to get approval from (several) higher ups to ok the dig, the resources and the length of time. There's no way that would have been given the green light unless there was something there to convince them and all the others who signed off on the dig.


    Sadly nothing came of it but that could have been for any number of reasons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,386 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    wyrn wrote: »
    The guards seemed to think it was credible and they have more knowledge on the case than we do. Not to mention the fact that they couldn't just order the dig, they had to get approval from (several) higher ups to ok the dig, the resources and the length of time. There's no way that would have been given the green light unless there was something there to convince them and all the others who signed off on the dig.


    Sadly nothing came of it but that could have been for any number of reasons.

    The main being one there was probably no body there in the first place,

    Unless you think he was buried there and dug up at a later date and the body relocated somewhere else and buried again.

    The tip came from a criminal who probably wanted to get the guards to find the Drugs and Gun but the only the only way he could that was to convince them Trevor was buried there.

    Guards could have done a search with without saying what they were looking for, but they should not have said it was to do with Trevor, putting his family through more suffering.

    And a criminal not wanting €100,000 reward is a bit odd to say the least.

    Anyway here's Trevor's sister giving an interview earlier this week.

    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    The main being one there was probably no body there in the first place,

    Unless you think he was buried there and dug up at a later date and the body relocated somewhere else and buried again.
    I have absolutely no thoughts on that matter. I'm just saying the Guards and those who authorised the dig obviously felt the tip had enough credibility to go ahead. That dig would have cost a fortune and required a lot of logistics so it wasn't a "ah sure why not". They would have looked at it from every angle.


    The tip came from a criminal who probably wanted to get the guards to find the Drugs and Gun but the only the only way he could that was to convince them Trevor was buried there.
    Perhaps it was a criminal and if it was, it probably would have been even harder for them to convince the Guards to look there, especially since Chapelizord is so far away from where Trevor was last seen. Which means that person probably opened up about things that the Guards already know or suspect - things that weren't publicly made available to sway tehm to dig there. There's no way the Guards would have talked about the dig in relation to Trevor unless they had a working theory and something (in their work) to back it up.

    Guards could have done a search with without saying what they were looking for, but they should not have said it was to do with Trevor, putting his family through more suffering.

    And a criminal not wanting €100,000 reward is a bit odd to say the least.

    Anyway here's Trevor's sister giving an interview earlier this week.

    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ
    I heard the interview. I just think that the Guards don't go digging up random sites, announcing it on the news for a missing person 17 years later unless they have good reason to.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    The main being one there was probably no body there in the first place,

    Unless you think he was buried there and dug up at a later date and the body relocated somewhere else and buried again.

    The tip came from a criminal who probably wanted to get the guards to find the Drugs and Gun but the only the only way he could that was to convince them Trevor was buried there.

    Guards could have done a search with without saying what they were looking for, but they should not have said it was to do with Trevor, putting his family through more suffering.

    And a criminal not wanting €100,000 reward is a bit odd to say the least.

    Anyway here's Trevor's sister giving an interview earlier this week.

    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ


    I think it would be less suspiscious if he wanted the money.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭misterme123


    I think it would be less suspiscious if he wanted the money.


    Yeah I guess the most obvious reason for saying you don't want the money is if you know you're not getting it anyway as your story is bs. And if the person was described as an informant, that does imply it's a criminal (I think).



    Still, I definitely couldn't bring myself to accept a reward in circumstances like that and I'm completely penniless. There must be lots of people who would feel the same, notwithstanding the fact that we're not talking about a law-abiding citizen.


  • Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭Noodles81


    I've read this whole thread and I'm truly none the wiser.

    What follows is only conjecture and not meant to offend:

    The only angle I thought of that wasn't mentioned was that maybe he said something to the MIB at the gate which pee-d him off. Like perhaps he dismissed him with a few choice words and headed into the bank. He did look dejected after speaking to TD. If MIB was a psycho, that could have been enough. The way he stared in the gate seems strangely menacing. Then he followed him, if he was the same guy, on Haddington road footage.

    What I don't get is why he seemed to be waiting for him. There just doesn't seem any reason why anyone would follow and wait for such an unassuming character minding his own business.

    I don't buy the prostitute angle, because why spend so much time in work with his mate, surely if that was top of your mind, there'd be an urgency to it?

    Suicide could definitely be an option as despair can descend quite suddenly especially with drink taken. But the rivers and canal were thoroughly searched and DNA was provided for matching any bodies found so I don't think that is a possibility as much now.

    It's such a sad case but Trevor's family are to be commended for making his case front and centre every year. I believe there are hundreds of missing people in Ireland, many more than we imagine. It's such a tragedy. I hope anyone with a conscience who knows anything will put these poor people's hearts and minds to rest. TD and all missing people deserve to be found and their cases closed with dignity.

    My sympathies go out to Trevor's family. God bless them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,804 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Noodles81 wrote: »
    What I don't get is why he seemed to be waiting for him. There just doesn't seem any reason why anyone would follow and wait for such an unassuming character minding his own business.
    I don't buy the prostitute angle, because why spend so much time in work with his mate, surely if that was top of your mind, there'd be an urgency to it?
    ...
    My sympathies go out to Trevor's family. God bless them.

    Fair play on that thoughtful post. Not trying to rebut but just mentioning one possible scenario however which could explain the interaction, and delaying tactics by TD is that he had arranged something illicit through MIB and then sobered up a bit and thought better of it.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,386 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    wyrn wrote: »
    I heard the interview. I just think that the Guards don't go digging up random sites, announcing it on the news for a missing person 17 years later unless they have good reason to.


    They should have investigated the scene properly for evidence first, before making any announcement

    Mentioning what they were searching for without any credible forensic evidence was tantamount to gross negligence of behalf of the Guards.

    And it put Trevor's family through more suffering.


    Nothing relating to Trevor was ever found at the site
    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭wyrn


    They should have investigated the scene properly for evidence first, before making any announcement

    Mentioning what they were searching for without any credible forensic evidence was tantamount to gross negligence of behalf of the Guards.

    And it put Trevor's family through more suffering.


    Nothing relating to Trevor was ever found at the site
    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ
    Oh I totally agree that they shouldn't have announced anything but you're not understanding me on the other point. The Guards cannot just go digging up places on a whim - they need "something" whether it's corroboration of information that they already suspect, some sort of proof or the person knowing things that the Guards hadn't released.



    It's not the Guards who allowed the dig to happen. They reckoned they had enough information to look there. They then had to get permission (I'm assuming from a Judge) to get access to the site, they had to coordinate with forensics to have people on site to search and then investigate the findings, they needed Guards to search the top of the ground and to stand guard outside.



    Bottom line is - a lot of people with power went into the decision making based on the "evidence" the Guards had. Gross neglience would have been to dismiss it without investigating whatever "proof" that person had. They did look and they, the Guards and whoever else deemed with worthy enough of using up resources to investigate it. This doesn't normally happen on a 17 year old cold case unless they were satisfied there was a chance of finding something.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,386 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    wyrn wrote: »
    Bottom line is - a lot of people with power went into the decision making based on the "evidence" the Guards had. Gross neglience would have been to dismiss it without investigating whatever "proof" that person had. They did look and they, the Guards and whoever else deemed with worthy enough of using up resources to investigate it. This doesn't normally happen on a 17 year old cold case unless they were satisfied there was a chance of finding something.

    I agree there had to be a dig

    Generally, search warrants are issued by District Court Judges or Peace Commissioners when a Garda makes a statement on oath that he/she knows or has reasonable cause for believing or suspecting that a crime has been or is being committed. In general, reasonable force may be used to execute a search warrant.Feb 4, 2015
    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/arrests/powers_of_search.html


    Yes A Guard gets a tip about a supposed body hidden on a property.

    Judge gives search warrant.

    Dig can go ahead......evidence looked for regarding a supposed body hidden on a property.

    No credible evidence regarding a supposed body hidden on a property.

    The tip was not validated by anything of evidentiary value regarding Trevor ever being at this site.

    Not a credible tip but had to be investigated, but should have been done with a lot more tact and compassion for Trevor's suffering family.

    IMO....and I will leave it there

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    I agree there had to be a dig



    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/arrests/powers_of_search.html


    Yes A Guard gets a tip about a supposed body hidden on a property.

    Judge gives search warrant.

    Dig can go ahead......evidence looked for regarding a supposed body hidden on a property.

    No credible evidence regarding a supposed body hidden on a property.

    The tip was not validated by anything of evidentiary value regarding Trevor ever being at this site.

    Not a credible tip but had to be investigated, but should have been done with a lot more tact and compassion for Trevor's suffering family.

    IMO....and I will leave it there
    How do you know what evidence was given to the garda or on what basis they had the search


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    I knew that was a load of bollix when the witness said he was not interested in the reward money - it's his insurance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    I knew that was a load of bollix when the witness said he was not interested in the reward money - it's his insurance.

    In fairness - supposing you were the brother (or the ex-girlfriend, or whatever, etc) of a criminal who has just been sent to jail, or died.

    And next thing the Guards announce a credible lead, and YOU start flashing new money around.

    How long will you last?

    Also, people on the fringes of these activities can feel regrets and remorse.
    Especially if they themselves had to shaft someone or lure them, not realising it would cause their death.
    You might be horrified afterwards at what you'd been a part of, but afraid to say a word until...

    And I think this is what has been happening - just my tuppenceworth.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,386 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    How do you know what evidence was given to the garda or on what basis they had the search


    The Guards / Trevor's Family said so in news reports and interviews.

    From Trevors sister
    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ

    From The Guards
    Until and unless we find human remains we have absolutely nothing,” said one source.

    “Late next week it is possible we would be concluding this search having found nothing and with the information we’ve received having proved to be useless.”

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-searching-for-trevor-deely-in-chapelizod-find-gun-1.3188384

    Dublin dig for missing Trevor Deely called off without a discovery

    GARDAHAVE COMPLETED their search of an area in Chapelizod for the remains of missing man Trevor Deely, but have not found anything that would assist them in locating Trevor.

    In a statement, gardaaid: “Unfortunately nothing that furthers the search for Trevor was located during the search.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/deely-missing-not-found-3609845-Sep2017/

    And I will leave it there..............

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Apparently in high profile missing person cases, police receive endless tips. Only those they believe could amount to something make the press/public domain. The dig in Chapelizod was not a frivolity.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,700 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    In fairness - supposing you were the brother (or the ex-girlfriend, or whatever, etc) of a criminal who has just been sent to jail, or died.

    And next thing the Guards announce a credible lead, and YOU start flashing new money around.

    How long will you last?

    Also, people on the fringes of these activities can feel regrets and remorse.
    Especially if they themselves had to shaft someone or lure them, not realising it would cause their death.
    You might be horrified afterwards at what you'd been a part of, but afraid to say a word until...

    And I think this is what has been happening - just my tuppenceworth.

    yeah agree with this. I dont think the annual appeals are aimed at the general public at large hoping someone comes forward almost 20 years on and says they remember seeing something. I get the impression they are aimed at one, maybe two or three people who they hope will feel regret over their secret and make a statement which would be enough for arrests to be made. Its likely the Gardai have a main suspect but without a body or evidence the only way they can have any chance of solving this is to break the omerta surrounding it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭tara73


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    yeah agree with this. I dont think the annual appeals are aimed at the general public at large hoping someone comes forward almost 20 years on and says they remember seeing something. I get the impression they are aimed at one, maybe two or three people who they hope will feel regret over their secret and make a statement which would be enough for arrests to be made. Its likely the Gardai have a main suspect but without a body or evidence the only way they can have any chance of solving this is to break the omerta surrounding it.


    this is exactly what I'm thinking at this stage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭Alliance123


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    yeah agree with this. I dont think the annual appeals are aimed at the general public at large hoping someone comes forward almost 20 years on and says they remember seeing something. I get the impression they are aimed at one, maybe two or three people who they hope will feel regret over their secret and make a statement which would be enough for arrests to be made. Its likely the Gardai have a main suspect but without a body or evidence the only way they can have any chance of solving this is to break the omerta surrounding it.

    100% agreed. It's likely as little as 2 people know exactly what happened. They've buried their guilt nearly 20 years and sadly will take it to the grave with them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    The Guards / Trevor's Family said so in news reports and interviews.

    From Trevors sister
    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ

    From The Guards


    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-searching-for-trevor-deely-in-chapelizod-find-gun-1.3188384




    https://www.thejournal.ie/deely-missing-not-found-3609845-Sep2017/

    And I will leave it there..............
    you think the garda don't tell them what to say. and that they tell them everything? Garda would not tell everything to anyone in case they slip up and let out something that would warn the people their appeals are aimed at


  • Registered Users Posts: 35 Executioner511


    They should have investigated the scene properly for evidence first, before making any announcement

    Mentioning what they were searching for without any credible forensic evidence was tantamount to gross negligence of behalf of the Guards.

    And it put Trevor's family through more suffering.


    Nothing relating to Trevor was ever found at the site
    https://vocaroo.com/hQuwbLK7xgZ
    Spot on it was dumb they didn't do a preliminary check before running to the press saying they had very credible evidence, obviously they didn't and put the Deeley family through more turmoil.


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