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Cocaine-snorting gunman gets 11 year for conspiracy to murder
Summary
Luke Wilson, aged 23, was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to 11 years' imprisonment for conspiring to murder Gary Hanley between 15 September and 6 November last year. Wilson admitted in July that he had planned the murder and had also pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a Beretta handgun with intent to endanger life on 6 November. The firearm offence carried a headline sentence of 16 years, but Wilson received 12 years with the final year suspended for three years. He also received a six‑year concurrent sentence for the conspiracy charge. The judge noted Wilson's history of drug use, a traumatic childhood, and his early guilty plea as mitigating factors. Wilson's sentence was back‑dated to his arrest on 6 November 2017. The case involved other defendants charged with the same conspiracy and firearm offences. The court highlighted the Garda investigation and the interception of a vehicle used in the plot.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Cocaine-snorting gunman gets 11 year for conspiracy to murder. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 15th Incident
- November 6th Incident
- November 6, 2017 Incident
- October 7, 2019 Incident
- July 2017 Other
- November 2 Other
- September 15 Other
- November 6 Incident
- September 17 Incident
- November 2017 Other
- 2018-11-09 Publication
Why: Wilson is fully blind in one eye and is losing the sight in his other eye but he is scheduled to have an operation on this eye in order to recover his sight which his barrister said was "disappearing rapidly". CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Outcome: Credit: Collins) A cocaine-snorting gunman who plotted to murder a Dublin man and described his intended target as a "fucking idiot" has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for 11 years. Sentencing the defendant today for the firearm charge, Mr Justice Hunt sitting with Judge Patricia Ryan and Judge Michael Walsh, sentenced Wilson to 12 years imprisonment with the final year suspended for a period of three years.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Philipsburgh Avenue
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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