Judge delays return of seized horsebox trailer to woman in Cork on suspicion it is stolen

Judge Olann Kelleher asked about the man who allegedly sold it to the woman: “Is he here?” She replied: “He is deceased at the moment." 

Judge Olann Kelleher said he would put the case back for two months.

Gardaí objected to an application by a woman to have a horsebox trailer returned to her on the basis of suspicions that it was stolen property, but she said she bought it through Donedeal from a man who has since died.

Detective Garda David Barry of Fermoy garda station said that on July 14, 2022, a large number of trailers were seized by gardaí in a large-scale operation. At Spring Lane halting site in Cork, 11 trailers were seized. Six of those are believed to be stolen property and are being retained by gardaí, the detective said.