Legal bill ‘straw that broke’ man in despair

JIM HOURIGAN told a close friend how he booby-trapped his rented house with seven bottles of gas and containers of petrol after receiving a “colossal” bill from his solicitor relating to his compensation case for sexual abuse.

David Moloney, who has been friends with Adare- born Mr Hourigan, a highly qualified electrician, for 20 years, said: “He wired up the gas and petrol to explode if anybody tried to enter the house.

Adare-born Mr Hourigan is a qualified electrician.