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Justice for Terence Wheelock Protest

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Monday March 20, 2006 15:29

by Mickey Finn

Support the Wheelock Family

Justice for Terence Wheelock Protest at the Dail
2pm Thursday 23rd March

The Wheelock family have organised a protest at the Dail on what would have been Terence's 21st birthday.
The family are calling for as many people as possible to support this protest.
The family intend to present a 21st birthday key of the door to members of the Dail to highlight the fact that Terence cannot accept the key and the family still don't know what happened on the night Terence suffered the injuries in police custody which resulted in his death.

MURDER?

Terence Wheelock, a 20 year old young man from north inner city Dublin, died on the 16th September from injuries received in Garda custody. Terence was arrested with three others on suspicion of stealing a car and taken to Store St Garda station. Two hours later he was found unconscious in his cell.
Gardai claim that he tried to hang himself but his family say that he wouldn’t have committed suicide and he had an alibi accounting for his movements at the time the car was stolen. A senior Garda who spent 15 years working in Store Street station has been appointed to conduct an internal inquiry into the circumstances of Terence’s death. The family have no faith
in such an enquiry. They are calling for an Independent Public Enquiry into Terence’s death.If the Gardai and the Minister for Justice have nothing to hide why will they not agree to this Independent Public Enquiry?

WHY?

• Why was the cell where Terence died renovated before his legal team could inspect it?
• Why will the Garda not give his solicitor access to his clothes?
• Why did Terence have a cut and bruising on his body?
• Why will the Garda not give his solicitor access to the internal Garda report?
• Why haven’t his legal team had access to the post-mortem report?
• Why does his legal team have to go to the High Court to get access to all of the above?

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