No jail for former Kinahan Cartel member who laundered crime cash

Defendant

Charges: concealing or disguising the true nature or source of money credited to Allied Irish Bank account, in the name of Sean Ruth, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct, on various dates within the State between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016, both dates inclusive; the possession of nine revolvers, four pistols, a submachine gun, an assault rifle and various ammunition magazines at the Greenogue Unit (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Harding and James Walsh (36), with a last address at Neilstown Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, were previously sentenced to 10 years and nine years imprisonment respectively, with the final year of each sentence suspended, having both pleaded guilty to the possession of nine revolvers, four pistols, a submachine gun, an assault rifle and various ammunition magazines at the Greenogue Unit.

Convicted Person

Charges: the possession of nine revolvers, four pistols, a submachine gun, an assault rifle and various ammunition magazines at the Greenogue Unit (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Harding and James Walsh (36), with a last address at Neilstown Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, were previously sentenced to 10 years and nine years imprisonment respectively, with the final year of each sentence suspended, having both pleaded guilty to the possession of nine revolvers, four pistols, a submachine gun, an assault rifle and various ammunition magazines at the Greenogue Unit.

Convicted Person

Charges: two crime-cash laundering offences; concealing or disguising the true nature or source of money credited to Allied Irish Bank account, in the name of Sean Ruth, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct, on various dates within the State between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016, both dates inclusive; the possession of nine revolvers, four pistols, a submachine gun, an assault rifle and various ammunition magazines at the Greenogue Unit (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt today sentenced Ruth to four years and six months for both offences before suspending both for six years and ordering that the €9,900 be paid back inside 12 months. Ruth was previously jailed for three years for possession of a .38 Special Calibre "Rossi" revolver and 9mm calibre round of ammunition after he was linked through DNA evidence to the firearm, which was found inside a blood-stained plastic bag.