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Revenue asks court to jail car dealer

Summary

The High Court heard an application by the Revenue Commissioners to lift a suspended six-month prison sentence imposed on a Granard car dealer in 2012 for contempt of court. Pauraig Kane, formerly involved with Kane Motors, owes €5.2 million in unpaid taxes dating from a 2004 assessment. The Revenue claimed Mr Kane breached conditions attached to the suspended sentence, including an obligation to clear vehicles from the yard and refrain from dealing in third-party cheques. The Revenue also alleged he failed to sell nine properties as undertaken to discharge his tax debt. Mr Kane's legal team opposed the application, denying deliberate non-compliance. The defendant maintained he had attempted to fulfil the court's orders, though he acknowledged no money had been paid to Revenue. He attributed difficulties with property sales to a solicitor's suspension and negative equity issues. The case was adjourned to continue.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Revenue asks court to jail car dealer. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• May 2009 Hearing Or Sentence
• March 2012 Other
• 2014-07-17 Publication

Why: Today at the High Court Revenue, represented by Gary McCarthy SC, asked that the suspension be lifted because Mr Kane has not complied with the conditions on which the sentence was suspended by the Judge. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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