AN IRISHMAN wanted by gardaí in connection with the murder of a woman (23) has been included on Interpol’s “most wanted” list .
Interpol has called on the public to help trace John “Fozzy” Griffin (43), who is believed to have faked his death on a cliff top in the Aran Islands and escaped abroad following the woman’s death.
Mr Griffin is wanted in connection with the death of Emer O’Loughlin, whose body was discovered in a burnt-out caravan in Ballybornagh, near the Burren in Co Clare on April 8th, 2005.
Ten days after Ms O’Loughlin’s body was discovered, Mr Griffin was spotted going to Inis Mór, where his clothes were later found near the cliff edge at the Dún Aonghasa fort. Gardaí believe he tried to fake his own death and is living in Britain, Germany or Spain.
Ms O’Loughlin, who was from Ennistymon, was living in the Ballybornagh area and was a student at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Her body was exhumed last May and a murder investigation was opened.
Officers at Interpol launched the second stage of a global manhunt yesterday, aimed at redoubling efforts to catch 26 “most wanted” individuals on its list.
Among the other suspects it is seeking is Romanian Ioan Clamparu (41), who is suspected of masterminding an international people smuggling operation in which women were forced into prostitution in Spain.
