2021-09-02
Senior Kinahan cartel member jailed for 11 years over murder plot
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Senior Kinahan cartel member Peter Keating, who admitted directing the activities of the crime group in their failed attempt to murder Hutch gang member James 'Mago' Gately, has been jailed for 11 years by the Special Criminal Court today. Speaking outside the court after Keating's sentencing, Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland said: "Today's sentencing for Peter, also known as Peadar Keating, for 12 years' imprisonment for directing the activities of an organised crime group within and outside the State is a significant development for An Garda Síochána's strategy to disrupt and dismantle organised crime groups participating in violence, which is the scourge of communities." Chief Supt Boland said that "three people have now been convicted of criminal conspiracy to murder an individual [Gately] in Belfast in April 201