A jury has been told a man accused of being part of a planned raid on a cash-in-transit van owed money to a “notorious” criminal linked to the killing of innocent gun victim Anthony Campbell.
Det Insp Eugene Lynch told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the accused, Joseph Warren (30), was a member of a Dublin criminal gang. Mr Warren of Belclare Crescent, Ballymun, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiring to steal cash from Chubb Ireland at Tesco supermarket on the Shackleton Road in Celbridge, Co Kildare, on November 2nd, 2007.
Det Insp Lynch headed a surveillance operation that observed Mr Warren and five others, travelling in four different vehicles behind the cash-in-transit van as it went from the Chubb Security base in Birch Avenue, Stillorgan, to Tesco. The detective said Mr Warren and another man were seen approaching the van as it was parked at Tesco. Mr Warren was carrying a con-saw, which was running. The other had a set of keys and tried unsuccessfully to open the van. The court heard Mr Warren had gone to his car and put the con-saw back into the boot. At this point gardaí carrying out surveillance moved in and arrested the two.
The trial continues before Judge Patrick McCartan and a jury of seven men and five women.