Ireland Named in reporting
David Fox
2 reports across 2 cases, 21 Jul 2023 to 21 Nov 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Suicide, Assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 21 Jul 2023 to 21 Nov 2024
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Inquest returns suicide verdict for detective at Ballymun Garda Station Suicide · Co. Dublin
Det Supt Colm Fox, a 56-year-old man from Malahide, Co Dublin, was found dead in his office at Ballymun Garda Station on the evening of 10 February 2018, with notes left for family members and his official firearm. He was the senior investigating officer in the Regency Hotel murder case, in which Patrick Hutch was charged with the killing of David Byrne in February 2016, and the trial at the Special Criminal Court collapsed following Fox's death. An inquest at Dublin District Coroner's Court in November 2024 heard evidence that Fox was under intense pressure over the investigation and believed he had made a major error. The inquest returned a verdict of death by suicide, with a Health and Safety Authority official stating that workplace stress was a factor, and the coroner recommended a new Garda directive on the issuing and use of firearms.
In court, 18 Nov 2024Victim · 1 report - Man sentenced for assault causing harm in Dublin Assault causing harm · Co. Dublin
Karl Core, 34, stabbed his friend David Fox in the right cheek with a 15-inch kitchen knife on June 19, 2021, in a garden in Mulhuddart, Dublin. Core was intoxicated and on crack cocaine at the time. He was arrested and charged with assault causing harm, and pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. In July 2023, he was sentenced to three years in prison with the final 12 months suspended, effectively two years.
Sentenced, 21 Jul 2023Victim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming David Fox, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 21 Nov2024‘We know it was all too much for him’: Inquest into death of Det Supt Colm Fox returns verdict of suicidevictim, David Fox, male, irish (judged from name)David Fox
- 21 Jul2023Dublin man who stabbed friend in face for 'no apparent reason' jailedvictim, David Fox, male, irish (judged from name)David Fox
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