BURGLAR GANG WIDOW IN STOLEN PURSE PLEA

Items belonging to dead criminal taken in theft

- NICOLA DONNELLY

THE widow of one of three prolific criminals killed in a horror fireball road crash has appealed for the return of her mum’s stolen purse.

Tallaght criminals Graham Taylor, 31, Karl Freeman, 26, and Dean Maguire, 29, made international headlines after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a lorry as it drove the wrong way down the N7 near Rathcoole on the night of July 7 last year.

The trio, who had more than 200 convictions between them, perished in the burning car.

They were believed to be the main players in a gang who used the motorway network to carry out burglaries in rural areas.