Topaz ordered to pay damages to worker who witnessed Limerick murder

The shooting victim, a bread delivery man, was in conversation with the former shop assistant at the time of the attack

The Topaz station in Limerick where breadman Daniel Treacy was shot dead in 2010. The court heard that Theresa Quinn was left alone in the shop with the assailant as her work colleague had vaulted over the counter in response to the shooting and left the shop without activating its static panic alarm. File photo: Press 22

A former shop assistant who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing a murder inside the premises of a Topaz filling station in Limerick 11 years ago has been awarded €33,000 in damages.

Theresa Quinn (35) formerly of Kilkeely, Limerick sued her former employer, Topaz Energy Group, for psychological damages arising out of the trauma she suffered from witnessing the fatal shooting of Daniel Tracey (35) at the Topaz filling station in Caherdavin, Limerick on February 22, 2010.