John Sweetman
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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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stating that he considered Gallagher to be no longer insane.
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After questioning, this report was later withdrawn.
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In September that year, seven years after the trial, at his final appeal hearing, the clinical director of the Central Mental Hospital told the High Court that the hospital believed Gallagher was not mentally ill on the day he killed Annie and Anne, but suffered from a serious personality disorder.
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He advised a phased release, saying it is not in the best medical interests of Gallagher at the present time that he be immediately discharged into the general community, without completing, satisfactorily, a suitable phased release program.
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The hospital advised that if Gallagher absconded during the course of a phased release program, he would not, by reasons of that fact alone, be imminently dangerous to the general public.
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Three judges of the High Court rejected Gallagher's claim that his continued detention was unlawful.
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There would be no immediate release.
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But the pressure for greater freedoms didn't disappear.
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Over time, the Minister for Justice approved a carefully managed program of temporary release.
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For six months, Gallagher was permitted to leave the hospital for one afternoon each month, accompanied by staff members.
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The outings were presented as small, cautious steps.
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Before long, they became routine.
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Privileges gradually expanded.
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By nineteen ninety nine, Gallagher was leaving the hospital unaccompanied to work as a forklift driver, part of a program designed to prepare him for eventual discharge.
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By july two thousand, he was living in a low security hostel on the grounds of the Central Mental Hospital.
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He had bought himself a yellow Yamaha motorcycle, with money earned from a job in Sandyford.
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Alongside day release, he was now being granted occasional overnight and weekend leave.
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For those responsible for his care, Gallagher appeared to be progressing exactly as planned.
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On a warm Saturday in july two thousand, Gallagher was granted another approved weekend outing.
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He told staff that he was going to visit a friend.
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