Chase during bookmaking raid
A detective constable gave evidence in the District Court yesterday of a chase through a city block of. a man dressed only in blue running shorts, who was thought to have run off from premises in Durham Street which police were searching for alleged bookmaking activities. Evidence was that when the police party, with a search warrant, went to upstairs premises at Durham Street, they found their way inside the building barred by steel-lined doors and had to gain entry to a room by knocking a hole through wallboard.
The evidence was given when Paul Vaughan Costigan, aged 34, an unemployed., insurance agent, appeared on three charges of. carrying on the business of a bookmaker
.— on January 1,2, and 4; The defendant denied the charges. ■ Judge Fogarty adjourned the case part-heard to this afternoon. The prosecution’s case is still continuing. Sergeant W. J. McCormick is prosecuting and Mr M. J. Glue appeared for the defendant. Detective Sergeant J. Porteous gave evidence of police visiting the premises in Durham Street, at 6 p.m. on January 4. They forced open an external door after climbing outside stairs. Inside, their way was' barred by two steel-lined' doors and entry to a room was eventually gained by kicking a hole through wallboard beside . one of the doors. ■ ■.. ; Cross-examined; he said he believed the were
owned by Peter Machirus. Other evidence was given that when the hole was made, a man wearing only blue shorts, was seen to leave the premises through open french doors on to a landing from the. lounge room. Detective Constable I. J. C. van Seek said he was the first of the police party into the room. He said he ran to the balcony but saw nobody. He suspected that the person had escaped over the roof. He returned outside the way he had entered and saw a person resembling the defendant disappear behind a neighbouring house. A chase then began in which the detective followed the man into Beveridge Street towards Montreal Street. He said the person wore only blue running
shorts. He wore no top or. footwear. He carried a red object. The man turned when the detective called to him to stop, but then ran into Montreal Street. The pursuit continued through adjacent streets and private properties until the detective caught up with the man, who he identified as the defendant, outside the Pegasus Club. The defendant asked what it was all about, and said he did not know that the detective was talking about when told of the search warrant for the Durham Strreet address. He denied having just come from that address, and said he had run off because he did not know who was following him. Later, a red sports bag was located from an address
in Beveridge Street. It contained a sports club identity card in the defendant’s name, and various.papers including some with horses’ names and race meetings. Detective M. A. Kyne, who < gave evidence' of kicking the ' hole in the wall to effect.’ entry, said items on a table ' gave him the impression that i a bookmaking operation had I been in progress in the room. When the defendant was i brought back he admitted | that a bank card found on | the table was his. He did not i explain how it got there. j Cross-examined, the detec- j tive was asked why the tele- • phone had become inoperative after he had taken some •' calls. He said another detec- i tive-had tripped over it and I it went flying out of his hand. j He tried to get it working : again without success.
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Press, 2 March 1982, Page 7
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