Murder victim’s brother held on remand

THE brother of the man murdered in Limerick early yesterday was remanded in custody at a special sitting of Limerick District Court yesterday afternoon on a charge alleging that he threatened to kill a woman.

Paul Crawford, with an address in O’Malley Park, Limerick, was refused bail after the court was told by a detective that Mr Crawford was a leading member of the McCarthy-Dundon gang.

The alleged incident happened just hours after his brother Noel died in a shooting incident in O’Malley Park.