The simplicity of the question, its affectionate and familiar tone pierced the otherwise technical and mundane nature of the evidence that day in court 13.
When his son’s text message was read out in court it was a poignant reminder that behind those headlines and the formal legal process, was a real family tormented by very real questions.Bobby Ryan’s boss Niall Quinn had called to their home wondering why the usually diligent and punctual employee, had not shown up to drive his truck from the quarry that day.
Their daily attendance at court 13 on the fourth floor of the Criminal Courts of Justice from January until the first day of May did little to provide answers. If Mr Ryan’s van left the yard less than ten minutes after he left the house, had he been killed and his body left somewhere, to be stripped naked and dumped in an underground tank later or could it all have taken place in those few minutes?
He did not agree that the injuries were consistent with Mr Ryan having been hit by a vehicle. He believed they were more likely to have been caused by an assault. Referring to the suggestion that the injuries were caused by a vehicle he said it is possible but, "there is no real evidence to support this".
The prosecution said it would have preferred a more complete forensic picture but there were circumstances where even when a body has not been found that a jury can reach a verdict. There were only a handful of people familiar with the underground tank and Pat Quirke had unlimited access to it.It was beyond a coincidence that the searches took place on 3 December 2012 - the same day Quirke had been caught on CCTV around Mary Lowry’s home, taking her underwear from her clothes line and peering in her windows - an event which led to her telling him she wanted him off the land.
He said Quirke appeared to be speaking from a prepared script raising questions about Mary Lowry’s attitude to and knowledge of her boyfriend’s disappearance. His words were strikingly similar to what gardaí had discovered on a sheet of paper found in his home. Defence lawyers successfully applied to keep this and other evidence from the jury in one of a number of applications about the admissibility of evidence.
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