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Tracker device planted in foiled Kinahan Cartel plot to murder rival Hutch member

Summary

Douglas Glynn (37) of Fitzgibbon Court, Dublin 1, was re-arraigned on November 17 and pleaded guilty to participating in activities of a criminal organisation, contrary to Section 72 (1) (A) of the Criminal Justice Act. The charge relates to his involvement between December 7, 2016, and April 6, 2017, in activities connected with the targeting of James 'Mago' Gately. Glynn had previously pleaded not guilty at his first arraignment on November 9. Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding at the non-jury court, remanded Glynn in custody until February 11, when he will be sentenced. In a related case, 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. Smyth had denied both charges. Gary McAreavey (53) of Gort Nua, Station Road, Castlebellingham, Co Louth, pleaded not guilty to acting to impede an apprehension or prosecution by purchasing petrol and assisting in the burning out of the vehicle, a black Lexus, used in the attempted murder at Newrath, Dromiskin, Co Louth on the same day. He received a four-year jail term with the final year suspended. 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. Stephen Fowler (62), of Blakestown Cottages in Clonsilla, Dublin 15, has already been jailed for providing logistical support to the plot to murder Gately. The court heard that Gately had been warned by gardaí of a threat to his life from criminals who believed him to be involved in the Regency Hotel murder of Kinahan Cartel associate David Byrne in February 2016. The court has heard in previous related cases that there was 'ongoing targeting' of Gately in the context of a feud between the Hutch and Kinahan crime groups.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Tracker device planted in foiled Kinahan Cartel plot to murder rival Hutch member. Charges or matters: acting to impede an apprehension or prosecution by purchasing petrol and assisting in the burning out of the vehicle, a black Lexus, used in the attempted murder at Newrath, Dromiskin, Co Louth on the same day; participating in activities of a criminal organisation, contrary to Section 72 (1) (A) of the Criminal Justice Act; 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 Gately. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• February 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 17 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 9 Hearing Or Sentence
• December 7, 2016 Incident
• April 6, 2017 Incident
• December 2016 Incident
• April 2017 Incident
• April 2, 2017 Incident
• December 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 3 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 4, 2017 Incident
• March 30 Hearing Or Sentence
• March 30 2017 Other
• April 5 Incident
• April 11 Incident
• March 29 Other
• January 16, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• February 23, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• February 11 Adjournment
• May 10, 2017 Incident
• 2022-01-14 Publication

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