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Sandra Mallon

Pat Kenny's 'shock and aghast' at quizzing of sexuality during probe into murder of RTE colleague

Pat Kenny has revealed he was “shocked and aghast” after gardai quizzed him about his sexuality during their probe into the murder of an RTE colleague.

The former Late Late Show host claims he was bluntly asked by officers if he was gay as they investigated the killing of Charles Self. Scottish native Charles, who was gay, was a set designer and worked with the Newstalk host when he presented a show called Public Account.

The 32-year-old was brutally murdered in his South Dublin home at Annesley Mews in Monkstown on January 21, 1982. He was stabbed 14 times. His killer has never been found. Pat, 74, told Frank Greaney’s Inside The Crime podcast: “I got a phone call sometime after the investigation had started.

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