Grandfather of entertainer dies
September 22, 2009, 20:35
The elderly grandfather of a well-known entertainer has died in hospital almost a week after he was left unconscious following a break-in at his home in Waterford city.
Paddy Barry (82) died at around 5.30am in Waterford Regional Hospital having sustained head injuries during the robbery at his home in the Mount Sion area of the city between 8pm and 10pm last Wednesday.
One man was questioned by detectives in Waterford following the incident under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. He was released on Thursday and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
His grandson, the magician Keith Barry, and family paid tribute to Mr Barry.
Keith Barry had criticised the Irish criminal justice system over the weekend on the Marian Finucane Show radio show.
During the programme Mr Barry called on the Department of Justice to introduce tougher laws to punish those who target older people. He said other elderly people living in the usually quiet Mount Sion area of the city were petrified following the attack.
“These thugs have no fear. They have no fear for the law. They have no fear for the justice system and they have no fear of us in our homes,” he said.
I think anybody who enters a pensioner’s home uninvited . . . should get a mandatory sentence, without bail, without excuses,” he told the programme.
Abridged
SOURCE: The Irish Times
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