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Wilson gets 10 years over Player's Lounge murder plot

Date
2021-12-15

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Alan Wilson, aged 42, was sentenced to ten years in prison by Ms Justice Tara Burns of the Special Criminal Court for his role in a 2010 murder conspiracy that led to a shooting outside the Player's Lounge pub. Wilson admitted to conspiracy to murder persons unknown on 26 July 2010, and to possession of a .38 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver and a .32 calibre Zastava pistol between 24 and 26 July 2010, with the inference that he possessed them for an unlawful purpose. He had pleaded not guilty to the attempted murders of Brian Masterson, Wayne Barrett and Austin Purcell, charges that were later dropped. Wilson had previously pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to murder in 2019 and had a six‑year sentence for an earlier conspiracy. He was found not guilty of the 2008 murder of teenager Marioara Rostas.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Wilson gets 10 years over Player's Lounge murder plot. Charges or matters: an offence under the Firearms Act of possession of a .38 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver and a .32 calibre Zastava semi-automatic pistol on dates between July 24 and July 26, 2010, in circumstances that give rise to the reasonable inference that he possessed them for an unlawful purpose; the attempted murders of Brian Masterson, Wayne Barrett and Austin Purcell at The Player's Lounge Public House, Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3 on July 26, 2010; her murder at Brabazon Street, The Coombe, Dublin between January 7 and January 8, 2008; conspiring to murder Gary Hanley at a location within the State between September 15 and November 6, 2017; the conspiracy charge as soon as it was offered by the Director of Public Prosecution and therefore he should get the benefit of an early guilty plea. Procedur

When:

July 26, 2010 Incident
July 24 Incident
January 7 Other
January 8, 2008 Other
September 15 Other
November 6, 2017 Incident
2021-12-15 Publication

Why: The subject of that murder plot was not harmed, Ms Justice Burns noted, because gardai intervened before Wilson and his co-conspirators could carry out their planned attack. CNI source report

Case subjects

Alan Wilson

Convicted Person

Charges: an offence under the Firearms Act of possession of a .38 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver and a .32 calibre Zastava semi-automatic pistol on dates between July 24 and July 26, 2010, in circumstances that give rise to the reasonable inference that he possessed them for an unlawful purpose; the attempted murders of Brian Masterson, Wayne Barrett and Austin Purcell at The Player's Lounge Public House, Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3 on July 26, 2010; her murder at Brabazon Street, The Coombe, Dublin between January 7 and January 8, 2008; conspiring to murder Gary Hanley at a location within the State between September 15 and November 6, 2017; the conspiracy charge as soon as it was offered by the Director of Public Prosecution and therefore he should get the benefit of an early guilty plea (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Acquitted

Outcome: Acquitted; Photo: Collins) Alan Wilson, who was named in court as a member of the Kinahan Cartel, has been jailed for ten years for his role in a murder conspiracy that led to a notorious shooting outside the Player's Lounge pub in 2010. He asked the court to backdate the sentence and to suspend a portion of it to give Wilson and his family some hope.