Gardai close in on suspect killer from ‘horse drug’ party

[foolsgold]

Vincent Maher was killed at a party where ketamine was taken

GARDAI have identified the chief suspect in the killing of a 29-year-old father of one who was beaten to death after a party.

The Herald can reveal that a number of revellers took huge amounts of ketamine during a drug-crazed party which led to the death of Vincent Maher in Finglas on Saturday, January 11.

Detectives believe Mr Maher was savagely assaulted in a row over a stolen wallet rather than broken furniture as they continue to hunt for the criminal suspect who may not have acted alone in the attack.

LIES

There have been five arrests, including two women, so far in the investigation into Mr Maher's suspected murder at an apartment in north Dublin

Detectives have established that many of the people who were at the party were “off their heads” on a wide variety of drugs including ecstasy, cocaine, alcohol and ketamine, the designer drug that was originally made to tranquillise horses.

A senior source said: “This has been a very tough investigation because officers have been told a lot of lies and have been dealing with people who were completely off their heads on drink and drugs.

“What is certain is that there should be definitely more arrests in this case, and gardai are looking to speak to an individual who was at that party.”

Ketamine, known as “Special K”, is a strong hallucinogenic drug that became popular during the dance music scene in the 1990s.

Doctors have described it as a dangerous barbiturate that can cause breathing problems and heart failure.

However, it was not previously linked to the extremely violent behaviour that led to Ballymun man Mr Maher's death just over a fortnight ago.

Mr Maher's body was found in the bedroom of his apartment with a number of injuries including a serious one to his head.

It may take weeks before the investigation is officially upgraded to murder because gardai are awaiting the results of toxicology tests from Mr Maher's body to determine if the amount of alcohol and drugs in his system played a significant role in his death.

Mr Maher was an unemployed painter from the Finglas area.

He was separated from his partner, but his seven-year-old daughter was a regular visitor to his home in the Springmount apartment complex.

THUMPING

A neighbour said he had been disturbed by shouting and thumping noises at around 4.30am.

He said: “I was woken a few times during the night. It started around 10. It was just a regular party but then there was shouting like, ‘You better pay for that! You better f ***ing pay for that!'.

“Then there was a few thumps, loud thumps. But it was like the party went on after that for a while.

“Three fellas jumped over the gate (at the entrance to the apartments) and ran away, but that was later.”

 

[babylonboy]

Doctors have described it as a dangerous barbiturate

I think there's a trend in DiTM to tear any article to shreds, which isn't the best, but this is wide enough of the mark to be noteworthy.

 

[neversickanymore]

"However, it was not previously linked to the extremely violent behaviour that led to Ballymun man Mr Maher's death just over a fortnight ago.'

'A senior source said: “This has been a very tough investigation because officers have been told a lot of lies and have been dealing with people who were completely off their heads on drink and drugs.'

I wonder if drinking ever leads to violence.. let me think.. Yes I have seen violent drunk people many times. I wonder if it could be realted to the fact they "were completely off their heads on drink". Could the ketmie have also contributed, maybe, but im pretty sure we have found a good bet on something that may be responsible to some degree for this violence. But then again not every group of drunks ends up beating someone to death.. so maybe it has allot more to do with the violent tendencies of the people who did the beating.

 

[oar9fi]

This article really makes no link between the fact that some people at the party were using K and the people involved in the incident other than them being at the same party. If people were doing coke and drinking, those things were more likely to be involved than K or MDMA. There's no reason to blame the ketamine.

Actually, I can't even imagine people on K wanting to fight.

 

[foolsgold]

only with the shadow people and the likes

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Anything sub-hole is just a waste of K %).

nsa hit it on the head IMO.

 

[TheRapperGoneBad]

"so maybe it has allot more to do with the violent tendencies of the people who did the beating."
Spot on never sick and my thoughts exactly.
whoever did this was obviously violent. Not just anybody kills some on over furniture or a wallet or whatever.
Just cause a party has drugs and alcohol at it is no reason for this shit to happen.

 

[babylonboy]

I think it's been fairly well established that alcohol does actually lower inhibitions and increase the incidence of violence. Is that controversial?