“There were two fake registration plates on the car itself while a search of the vehicle led to three more bogus plates being discovered,” a senior source said. “It is a common tactic for burglary gangs to use false licence plates and also to even have different plates on the same car. Convicted criminals Maguire, Taylor and the suspected driver Carl Freeman (26) were formally identified last weekend from DNA which was voluntary provided by family members. Just minutes before the horror collision, gardaí had observed the BMW car that the three men were travelling in driving erratically in the Tallaght area. When the suspect car entered the N7 on the wrong-side of the dual carriageway, gardaí stopped pursuing the vehicle for safety reasons.

Source: Irish Independent July 13, 2021 18:00 UTC