David Mahon refused permission to travel abroad

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David Mahon was refused permission to travel abroad while awaiting trial for the alleged murder of Dean Fitzpatrick. He had sought to travel to Portugal with his wife, Audrey Mahon. The proceedings were reported on 4 December 2015.

Audrey Mahon said she needed the trip to cope with stress and combat depression, but could not travel alone because of her medical condition. She described her husband as her full-time carer and said she would be unable to go without him.

The report said Mahon had previously been granted similar bail in September and had travelled to the Costa del Sol to attend a service for missing Amy Fitzpatrick, Audrey Mahon’s daughter. It attributed the concern that Mahon was a flight risk to Detective Eddie Carroll.