John Sweetman
speaker
14,352 appearances
33 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 3d ago
John Sweetman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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John Gallagher had recovered sufficiently to be interviewed.
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Sitting at Gallagher's bedside in Sligo General Hospital, Fitzgerald found Gallagher to be cold and detached.
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There was no evident remorse for Anne and Annie Gillespie, a family who had treated him as one of their own for almost four years.
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Outside, word had spread that the man at the center of the hospital's second tragedy that year was about to face charges.
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Small groups gathered beyond the hospital grounds, while upstairs Gallagher began making a statement.
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He admitted shooting Anne and Annie Gillespie.
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Once the interview was complete and the necessary medical clearances obtained, Gallagher was formally discharged from the hospital.
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To avoid the growing media presence outside, Gardi first brought him across the road to Sligo Garda Station, where he was officially arrested.
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Later that night, he was driven under escort to a special sitting of the District Court before Justice James Gilvari.
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There, Gallagher was charged with the murders of Anne and Annie Gillespie.
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Asked if he had anything to say, he replied.
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She was my girlfriend for three and a half years.
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I didn't mean to bring her to her death.
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Following the brief hearing, Gallagher was remanded to Mount Joy Prison and ordered to appear before Balimot District Court the following week.
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Outside the courthouse, his solicitor, Joe Carter, offered an early indication of the defense that was to come.
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It is possible to kill a person lawfully if
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The first thing you have to remember is that there is a difference between murder and killing.
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The following morning Annie and Anne's coffins lay side by side inside their local parish church, Saint Mary's in Stranar.
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Press photographers and cameramen were asked to stay away to give family and friends privacy.
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The church was overflowing as Annie's nephew, Father Padre Gallagher, who had travelled from Birmingham, welcomed mourners as chief celebrant at the funeral mass, alongside Saint Mary's parish priest, Monsignor Dan McDyer.
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