Farmers Son Receives Probation Act Following Shooting
On April 12, 2012 Matthew Fahy (36) from Finglas, called to the farm of then 79 year old Richard Lowndes at Kilsallaghan, Swords, Co Dublin , pretending he had suffered a breakdown. Later on when the elderly farmer left the house, Fahy, with 60 previous convictions of theft and burglary, broke in and ransacked the property.