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Man held €100k in crime proceeds after being threatened he would "end up in Dublin mountains"

Summary

In October 2018, Alan Kenny, aged 26, was arrested in Islandbridge, Dublin, after Gardaí discovered over €100,000 in cash in his home. He claimed the money was a debt he owed for cannabis use and that he was threatened with murder if he did not hold it, citing the abduction and murder of his cousin, James Kenny McDonagh, in 2011. Kenny pleaded guilty in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of €106,950 believed to be proceeds of criminal conduct on 12 January 2017. Gardaí found a weighing scale, plastic cut‑offs, bundles of cash in a plastic bag, a small safe, and a taser‑type firearm in his bedroom. Kenny had no prior convictions. The case was adjourned to 18 December, with a Probation Service report ordered and Kenny remanded on continuing bail pending sentencing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man held €100k in crime proceeds after being threatened he would "end up in Dublin mountains". Charges or matters: being in possession of €106,950 believed to be the proceeds of criminal conduct on January 12, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• October 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 12, 2017 Incident
• December 18 Adjournment
• 2018-10-16 Publication

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Drugs Firearms Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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