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Shelbourne manager describes noticing damage to Felim Egan painting

Date
2014-11-27

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Shannon

County
Clare

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Andrew Shannon, 50, pleaded not guilty to damaging two Felim Egan paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – at the Shelbourne hotel on 8 January 2014. The paintings were presented as exhibits on the fourth day of the trial. Shannon also pleaded not guilty to damaging a Claude Monet painting, 'Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874)', at the National Gallery of Ireland on 29 June 2012. Jury members viewed CCTV footage showing Shannon entering the Shelbourne with a second man, walking through various suites, and later noticing white threads hanging from the blue painting. He photographed the damage on his phone and informed a colleague, who alerted his supervisor. The supervisor promised to address the issue the following morning. The trial continues before Judge Martin Nolan with a jury of seven women and five men.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Shelbourne manager describes noticing damage to Felim Egan painting. Charges or matters: damaging two Felim Egan paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014; damaging one Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 8th, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
June 29, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
Wednesday January 7th Incident
January 8th Other
December 6, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
2014-11-27 Publication

Case subjects

Andrew Shannon

Defendant

Charges: damaging two Felim Egan paintings – 'Morning Strand' and 'Evening Strand' – at the Shelbourne hotel on January 8th, 2014; damaging one Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012 (Alleged Or Contested)

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: Gda O'Braonain agreed with Mr Bowman that Mr Shannon had been seen by three different doctors on a total of four occasions during his detention period.