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Gang member jailed for role in failed Kinahan plot to murder 'Mago Gately'

Date
2022-02-14

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin City

County
Dublin

Summary

Douglas Glynn, 37, of Dublin 1, was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to seven years and six months imprisonment for participating in the activities of a criminal organisation. The final year of the sentence is suspended, and the term is backdated to December 31, 2021, when he entered custody. Glynn pleaded guilty to charges relating to the targeting of James 'Mago' Gately between December 7, 2016, and April 6, 2017. The court found that Glynn placed a tracking device on Gately's vehicle, an act that positioned him higher in the criminal hierarchy than co-accused Stephen Fowler and others. Mr Justice Hunt, sitting with Judges Sarah Berkeley and Cormac Dunne, noted the offence arose from an ongoing plan by the Kinahan organised crime group to murder Gately, a member of the rival Hutch group. The judge highlighted that the criminal organisation was serious, well-organised, and well-financed. In mitigation, the court considered Glynn's guilty plea, entered after the trial began, and his previous minor convictions. The sentence reflects the gravity of the offence, which was prevented solely by early Garda intervention. Related proceedings include the 2018 sentencing of Imre Arakas, who was jailed for six years for conspiring to murder Gately, and the 2023 sentencing of Peter Keating, who received 11 years for directing the criminal organisation's activities.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Gang member jailed for role in failed Kinahan plot to murder 'Mago Gately'. Charges or matters: 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
April 2017 Incident
December 31 2021 Other
December 2016 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
May 10, 2017 Other
2022-02-14 Publication

Why: The very serious offence of murder had been contemplated by the criminal organisation, the judge said, and it did not take place solely because of the early intervention from gardai. CNI source report

Case subjects

Douglas Glynn

Convicted Person

Charges: 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 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) A gang member involved in a foiled Kinahan Cartel plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately, during which he placed a tracker device on the rival Hutch member's car, has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for six-and-a-half years. Mr Justice Hunt, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Cormac Dunne, sentenced Glynn to seven years and six months imprisonment with the final year suspended, backdated to December 31 2021, when he went into custody.

Imre Arakas

Defendant

Outcome: Estonian hitman 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

Co Accused

Charges: 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 (Alleged Or Contested)