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Wife of Kinahan Cartel lieutenant to be jailed after court finds suspended sentence was too lenient

Date
2022-12-01
Stage
Appeal
Court
Court of Appeal
Primary locality
Naas
County
Kildare

Summary

Deirdre Brady, aged 55 and wife of Kinahan Cartel member Declan Brady, was given a three‑year wholly suspended sentence in July 2023 for laundering almost €800,000 of crime cash. The Court of Appeal quashed that sentence on 1 December 2022, finding it too lenient, and ordered her to serve one year in jail from January 2023. Brady had pleaded guilty to two offences under Section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act. The laundering involved €770,499 transferred through four bank accounts, a Spanish holiday property mortgage, a wedding at Druid's Glen, and other gang members. The appeal was brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions, who argued the gravity of the case warranted custodial terms. The Court of Appeal noted Brady's active role in managing the Spanish property and her benefit from the illicit proceeds.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Wife of Kinahan Cartel lieutenant to be jailed after court finds suspended sentence was too lenient. Charges or matters: concealing cash to the value of €268,940 in the attic of The Dairy, Rathasker Road, Naas, Co Kildare, on January 24, 2017. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

Why: In sentencing the two women at the Special Criminal Court, Mr Justice Tony Hunt said the pair did not receive custodial terms because they did not participate in the underlying criminality that was the source of the cash. CNI source report

Case subjects

Declan Brady

Convicted Person

Charges: concealing cash to the value of €268,940 in the attic of The Dairy, Rathasker Road, Naas, Co Kildare, on January 24, 2017 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Declan Brady (56), who was jailed for seven years and three months for laundering cash for a criminal organisation. A third accused, Declan Brady's mistress Erika Lukacs, also received a three-year fully suspended sentence for her role in laundering almost €200K.

Deirdre Brady

Appellant

Charges: concealing cash to the value of €268,940 in the attic of The Dairy, Rathasker Road, Naas, Co Kildare, on January 24, 2017 (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: Photo: Collins) Deirdre Brady, who is married to a senior Kinahan Cartel member known as 'Mr Nobody', is to be jailed after the Court of Appeal found today that her original suspended sentence for helping to launder almost €800K in crime cash was too lenient. Brady went on trial at the three-judge court alongside her husband Declan Brady (56), who was jailed for seven years and three months for laundering cash for a criminal organisation.

Kinahan Cartel

Appellant

Charges: concealing cash to the value of €268,940 in the attic of The Dairy, Rathasker Road, Naas, Co Kildare, on January 24, 2017 (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: Kinahan Cartel member known as 'Mr Nobody', is to be jailed after the Court of Appeal found today that her original suspended sentence for helping to launder almost €800K in crime cash was too lenient. Mother of three Brady (55), of The Bailey, Castlefarm, Naas, Co Kildare, was given a three-year wholly suspended sentence after pleading guilty to two offences contrary to Section 7 of Criminal Justice Act at the Special Criminal Court in July of last year.

Places mentioned

Court Venue
  • Court of Appeal
  • Special Criminal Court
Residence
Secondary Mention
Incident

Topics

Stage Appeal

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