Veronica Guerin killer enjoys shopping trip from prison days before anniversary

Gangster Brian ‘Tosser’ Meehan, who is serving life for the 1996 murder of the hero crime journalist, was recently granted a day outside the grounds of Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow, Co Wicklow.

If Meehan is able to prove himself with courses behind bars and be of good behaviour, sources say he will eventually be completely freed. “The days out are the start of a process that could see him be free for good,” a source said. Although the prison is deemed ‘open,’ prisoners must stay within the grounds and are not allowed to leave unless they have been granted time away.

“Unfortunately and hard as it is, we’ve got to accept that. You know there’s nothing in me protesting or making complaints or whatever that’s going to change that.” Inmates can even buy mobile phones through the tuck shop, for calls and texts only, in order to keep in touch with loved ones. Sources say that Meehan now has a single bedroom within a dorm at the cushy facility.

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