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Kinahan Cartel murders, trafficks drugs and weapons on global scale
Summary
The Special Criminal Court has sentenced Mark Capper to eight years and three months imprisonment, with the final nine months suspended, for facilitating the Kinahan organised crime group in planning the murder of Patrick Hutch. Presiding Judge Tony Hunt accepted garda evidence that the cartel operates a hierarchical structure involving execution-style murders and international trafficking of drugs and firearms. Capper, who pleaded guilty in March to participating in activities intended to facilitate a serious offence, was found to have intentionally assisted in the plot before withdrawing three days prior to the attempted killing. The judge noted Capper's financial motivation and drug addiction as mitigating factors, reducing his headline sentence of 11 years by 25 percent for his early plea. This sentencing follows the July 2019 convictions of Gary Thompson, Glen Thompson, and Robert Browne, who were jailed for 12.5 years, 12.5 years, and 11.5 years respectively for unlawful possession of four firearms with intent to endanger life during the same operation. The court emphasized that the prevention of the murder was due to police intervention, not the defendants' actions.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Kinahan Cartel murders, trafficks drugs and weapons on global scale. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 1 Incident
- March 10, 2018 Incident
- May 11 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2018 Other
- February 24, 2018 Incident
- March 7 Other
- December 5 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2020-05-28 Publication
Case subjects
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- The Special Criminal Court
- Stoney Road
- Gardiner Street
- Gardiner Street
- Plunkett Drive
- Phibsboro Road
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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