Court told Gallagher’s cutlery was ‘put out of harm’s way’

A FORMER personal assistant of Conrad Gallagher confiscated the chef’s cutlery because she feared he would harm himself after being accused of stealing paintings.

Sophie Flynn Rogers, who worked at Mr Gallagher’s Peacock Alley restaurant told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday her employer was “extremely down” following his arrest by gardaí in December 2000.

It was the fourth day of the trial of Mr Gallagher, who is accused of stealing three paintings from his restaurant on an unknown date in November 2000, which were the possession of the Fitzwilliam Hotel, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.