Schull anti-war protestor in Shootout!

cork | rights, freedoms and repression | news report

Wednesday February 02, 2005 15:50

by Phoenix

The gunfight that never was!

Chris Farell, Husband of a Marie Farrell, the Schull woman who claimed she saw Iain Bailey behaving suspiciously on the day the body of French woman sophie toscan du plantier was found at Dunmanus West, Toormore, eight years ago, has made allegations of his own to Gardai and the media about a local man who has been involved in anti-war protests. More crucially , the man at the centre of the allegations has also been among the few locals who have questioned the accuracy of Ms Farells claim that she identified Iain Bailey in the dead of night from a moving car, and only remembered it seven weeks later when Gardai had settled on Mr Bailey as the “prime suspect”.

Chris Farrel and another man arrived at the home of the anti-war protestor outside Schull on the night of Monday 10th January 2005 and with the lights of his “Murnane and O’Shea” work-van illuminated the house. He and the other man proceeded to bang on the door of the house and demand the homeowner, “come out”. The homeowner came out and in no uncertain terms told the men to leave after what newspapers described as an “alleged assault”. Mr Farrell then went to the local hospital and contacted the media with a story of being beaten with the butt of a rifle and a shot having been fired at him. The story was carried on RTE and national newspapers even though when Gardai called to the home of the “known anti-war protestor” the same night they found his legally held gun to have been uncleaned and unfired for a considerable time. The homeowner then asked Gardai to take the gun for further forensic tests to prove his version of the story and dicount lies of a shot having been discharged by the head of Mr Farrel.

As a prime witness in the case against Iain Bailey for the murder of sophie toscan du plantier eight years ago the credibility of Ms Farrel is crucial to the continued myth of Mr Baileys guilt. So when her husband challenged a man who has been debunking the sham case against Bailey while more genuine suspect are conspicuously ignored, his story was enough to warrant the turning out of armed Gardai and national media before the homeowner himself was even contacted.

Having found no trace of a gun being discharged Gardai then proceeded several days later to search the home of the anti-war protestor looking for a “second gun”. No such gun or anything illegal was found but Gardai remove the hard-drive of the computer the man uses to post his stories here on Indymedia and elsewhere. They removed diaries, protographs from protests at Shannon Airport and other harmless household objects like a mastik gun complete with gripfill adhesive and an empty super glue bottle??

To crown matters, Marie Farrel herself has recently alleged the anti-war protestor “spoke to her” and claimed to have been “up at her house at six thirty in the morning”. The man in question was in bed with a flu at that time and is adamant he has never spoken to Ms Farrel . Perhaps we will see Ms Farrel try to get a gagging order against this man in the near future as a civil case is planned against Mr Bailey where her “evidence” will again be crucial to his continued persecution. Ms Farrel is a native of Harbour Row in Longford town and her husband Christy used to be a butcher in Longford .

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