A bench warrant was issued today after the man who flogged his passport for €2,000 before it was later used by mob boss Daniel Kinahan failed to show up in court.The court heard that he told his defence team on Sunday that he would be attending his aunt’s funeral today.
The 43-year-old's lawyers attempted to establish his aunt's name which would in turn allow gardai to check if a funeral was taking place.Judge Dara Hayes issued a bench warrant for Walsh's arrest.On the last occasion Walsh was in court in February, the judge warned that a custodial sentence was a real possibility for his crime.
Det Garda Feidhlim McKenna of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation said the probe established that the passport was dispatched to Walsh in 2011.