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CAB raid revealed €40k hidden in kitchen extractor fan
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 14 July 2022, CAB officers seized an Audi Q7, more than €74,000 in cash and luxury goods from the home of Anthony McKeever (39) and his partner Adrienne Shepard (36). The couple had admitted to multiple counts of laundering crime cash. €40,000 was found hidden in a kitchen extractor fan, with additional cash concealed in a pillow, bedroom cabinet, wardrobe and other locations. McKeever was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime between 21 March 2004 and 26 July 2020. Shepard received a suspended one‑year sentence after admitting possession of the proceeds on several dates in 2020, with the sentence suspended on the condition of good behaviour for a year.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: CAB raid revealed €40k hidden in kitchen extractor fan. Charges or matters: five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime at his home on dates between March 21, 2004 and July 26, 2020; possessing the proceeds of crime. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 21, 2004 Incident
- July 26, 2020 Incident
- June 13 Incident
- July 11, 2020 Incident
- 2022-07-14 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possessing the proceeds of crime (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Adrienne Shepard (36), of the same address, walked from court with a suspended sentence after she admitted possessing the proceeds of crime on various dates between June 13 and July 11, 2020 at her home. Passing sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday, Judge Martin Nolan said Shepard's case was different to that of McKeever's in that it involved recklessness on her part. "She was wilfully blind," said Judge Nolan, sentencing Shepard to one year in prison but suspending it in full provided she be of good behaviour for a year.
Convicted Person
Charges: five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime at his home on dates between March 21, 2004 and July 26, 2020; possessing the proceeds of crime (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Anthony McKeever (39) of Kilmartin Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing the proceeds of crime at his home on dates between March 21, 2004 and July 26, 2020. His partner Adrienne Shepard (36), of the same address, walked from court with a suspended sentence after she admitted possessing the proceeds of crime on various dates between June 13 and July 11, 2020 at her home.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- McKeever's prison
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