A conspiracy to murder trial at the Special Criminal Court has heard covert recordings from vehicles bugged by gardaí investigating the Kinahan organised crime gang. Liam Brannigan, aged 37 from Dublin 8, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to murder Gary Hanley between September and November 2017. Prosecutors played audio clips capturing alleged conversations between men in a Renault Laguna and a Nissan Primastar van discussing surveillance locations, weaponry, and detailed plans to kill Mr Hanley. One recording from October 2017 included explicit descriptions of an intended ambush. Gardaí surveillance evidence placed Brannigan at multiple locations alongside the bugged vehicles during the alleged conspiracy period. Three other men—Luke Wilson, Joseph Kelly, and Alan Wilson—have already pleaded guilty to the same conspiracy and received custodial sentences. The trial at the Special Criminal Court continues.
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