Episode 486: Collopy brothers found not guilty of assault after witness retracts statement
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Two notorious Limerick brothers were found not guilty of assaulting a sulky driver and causing him harm after he dramatically changed his statement and said he’d ’identified the wrong men.’
Vincent and Jonathan Collopy members of the notorious Keane Collopy faction walked free after they were found not guilty.
So what was behind the extraordinary circumstances of the case and what organised crime in Limerick is still controlled by the Collopy gang.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about a gang of brothers with blood loyalties and their influence in Ireland’s gangland.
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