The Galway Homicides Box Set 2 by David Pearson

Author:David Pearson [Pearson, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE BOOK FOLKS bestselling Irish crime fiction publisher
Published: 2019-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

When Lyons arrived at Mills Street the following morning, Frank Nicholson was already there. He was looking even more dapper than he had the previous day, in a different navy pinstripe suit, the creases in the trousers of which were like blades.

“Come in, Inspector Lyons, this shouldn’t take too long,” Nicholson said with no hint of a smile.

They sat opposite each other in the small interview room. Lyons was glad that she had collected a cup of coffee from the Costa Coffee outlet across from the police station on her way in. Nicholson had none.

The man took out his leather-bound notebook and gold Mont Blanc pen, and prepared to take notes.

“I’d like you to outline the series of events that led up to the moment when you found it necessary to discharge your firearm out near Roundstone, Inspector,” he said.

Lyons began, picking up the story from when Hays and herself had approached the house on foot.

“No, Inspector. I’d like you to start from the point where you were in the Roundstone Garda Station when the civilian came in and told you that there was someone occupying Tigín.”

“Well, Inspector, firstly he said no such thing. He simply said that he thought that he had observed smoke coming from that direction, and he had surmised that it was from someone lighting a fire in the house,” Lyons said.

“And did it not occur to Senior Inspector Hays or yourself that this might be where the Geraghtys were hiding out?” Nicholson asked.

“You’ll have to ask Senior Inspector Hays what he thought when he was told of the smoke. I simply felt that it might be worth going up there to see if there was any actual evidence that someone was using the house.”

“Was that not a bit naive of you?”

“If that is your judgement, then so be it,” Lyons replied.

“Go on. What happened when you got to the cottage?”

Lyons went on to describe how both of them had approached the house, and as they did so, two men burst out the front door, the one in front brandishing a sawn-off shotgun which he fired at Hays, hitting him in the leg.

“And what did you do, Inspector?”

“I took cover to the side of the vehicle, and started removing my sidearm from its holster on my belt.”

“Did you intend to shoot the fleeing gunman?”

“No, I did not. I intended to defend myself and protect Senior Inspector Hays as best I could in the event that there were any further attempts by the gunmen to do us harm.”

“And were there?”

“Yes. As the jeep sped off, I saw the barrel of the shotgun appear out of the passenger’s side window of the vehicle, pointed in our direction. So, in order to deter the gunman from firing again, I put a single round from my pistol into the rear of the jeep. It appears that it had the desired effect, as the gunman didn’t shoot again,” Lyons said.

“When you fired your gun, did you intend to kill or wound either of the occupants of the fleeing vehicle?”

“No.

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