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Kinahan Cartel plotter changes plea to guilty
Summary
Douglas Glynn (37) of Fitzgibbon Court, Dublin 1, changed his plea to guilty at the Special Criminal Court, admitting to participating in the activities of a criminal organisation between December 7, 2016, and April 6, 2017. The charge alleged he placed a tracker device on James Gately's car in Belfast to facilitate a murder plot. Glynn had previously pleaded not guilty. Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt adjourned the case to January 14, 2022, for a sentence hearing; the matter was adjourned and not concluded. Glynn is the fifth person convicted in cases relating to the failed bid to murder Gately. Peter Keating (40) was jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to directing a criminal organisation targeting Gately. Stephen Fowler (62) and David Duffy (33) were jailed for providing logistical support. Imre Arakas (63) was jailed for six years in December 2018 after admitting to conspiring to murder Gately. Caolan Smyth (30) was sentenced to 20 years for the attempted murder of Gately and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Gary McAreavey (53) pleaded not guilty to impeding a prosecution and received a four-year jail term with the final year suspended.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Kinahan Cartel plotter changes plea to guilty. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 9 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 7, 2016 Incident
- April 6, 2017 Incident
- April 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 3, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 4, 2017 Incident
- February 28, 2017 Incident
- January 14, 2022 Adjournment
- December 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 3 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 10, 2017 Incident
- 2021-11-17 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Outcome: Caolan Smyth (30) of Cuileann Court, Donore, Co Meath, was sentenced to 20 years at the Special Criminal Court for the attempted murder of Gately and for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
Accused
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Today presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt adjourned the case to January 14, 2022, for a sentence hearing.
Defendant
Outcome: Estonian hitman Imre Arakas (63) was jailed by the Special Criminal Court for six years in December 2018, after he admitted to conspiring with others to murder Gately in Northern Ireland between April 3 and 4, 2017.; Today presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt adjourned the case to January 14, 2022, for a sentence hearing.
Convicted Person
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Peter Keating (40) of Rowlagh Green, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 was jailed for 11 years after he pleaded guilty in late June to directing the activities of a criminal organisation between December 7, 2016, and April 6, 2017, within and outside the State relating to the targeting of Mr Gately. Stephen Fowler (62), of Blakestown Cottages in Clonsilla, Dublin 15 and David Duffy (33) of Greenfort Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 have already been jailed for providing logistical support to the plot to murder Mr Gately.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Criminal Court
- Special Criminal Court
- Glynn place
- Clonshaugh Road
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