John Sweetman

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Lines of Enquiry · Anne & Annie Gillespie: Dark Obsession | Part I · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

It would take a further 25 years or so before stalking would be recognised as a standalone criminal offence in 2023. matched

Even if she went to the guards, there was little protection available to Anne. matched

And there was no blueprint for what Anne was experiencing. matched

Without modern concepts like criminal stalking or coercive control, the people around her, the school, her mother Annie, friends and relatives, viewed John Gallagher's frantic behaviour not as an escalating criminal threat, but as the agonising volatile fallout of a bitter teenage breakup. matched

In a tightly knit community like the Twin Towns, there was a deeply ingrained social instinct to keep such domestic matters private rather than involving the police. matched

But Greta was not local to Ballybuffet, and thought that to ensure the report to the Gardaí was taken seriously and not brushed off as teenage melodramatics, the school principal should be involved. matched

She suggested this to Anne, who was reluctant to tell any more people. matched

She was upset and ashamed, but eventually she agreed, and so the principal of St. matched

Columba's, a nun, was informed. matched

Greta had to go back to her class. matched

She told Anne she would see her tomorrow and left her and the principal together. matched

It was decided that the best thing to do was for the principal to drive Anne to her neighbour's home, where she'd stay until her mum came home from Sligo Hospital. matched

Then they would call the Gardaí and go from there. matched

However, when the sister dropped Anne off, the neighbour wasn't home, forcing Anne to return home alone. matched

Within minutes John had let himself into Anne's house with his own key. matched

Forty minutes later Seamus Duffy, a man working in a garage across the road, heard screams coming from the front of Anne's house. matched

Seamus looked over. matched

He saw a white Ford Fiesta. matched

The passenger door was open. matched

Hanging out of the front seat was Anne. matched

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