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Notorious criminal Gerard Mackin admits to money laundering for crime gang

Date
2023-03-13

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

A man has pleaded guilty to money laundering before the Special Criminal Court following his extradition from Spain. Gerard Mackin (40), originally from west Belfast, admitted to handling €4,780 in proceeds of criminal conduct at Rhebogue Road, Limerick, on April 17, 2019. He was arrested at Dublin Airport in December last year under a European Arrest Warrant. Mackin pleaded guilty to one charge under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act 2010. The three-judge court, presided over by Mr Justice Tony Hunt with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Alan Mitchell, adjourned sentencing to March 30. The defendant's legal team requested a governor's report from Portlaoise Prison, which was granted. Mackin has previous convictions including a 2017 sentence for assault causing harm in Limerick.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Notorious criminal Gerard Mackin admits to money laundering for crime gang. Charges or matters: laundering thousands of euro in crime cash in Limerick four years ago; knowing or believing, or being reckless as to whether property, €4,780, was the proceeds of criminal conduct, did handle, acquire and/or possess the said property contrary to Section 7 of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2010; the murder at Bog Meadow, Falls Road, Belfast on March 12, 2007. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

April 17, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
December 5 Incident
April 7, 2022 Adjournment
March 30 Adjournment
January 2011 Adjournment
March 12, 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
July 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
May 18 Incident
March 2017 Incident
September 14, 2015 Incident
2023-03-13 Publication

Case subjects

Gerard Mackin

Convicted Person

Charges: laundering thousands of euro in crime cash in Limerick four years ago; knowing or believing, or being reckless as to whether property, €4,780, was the proceeds of criminal conduct, did handle, acquire and/or possess the said property contrary to Section 7 of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2010; the murder at Bog Meadow, Falls Road, Belfast on March 12, 2007 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Alan Mitchell, adjourned the matter to March 30 for sentence.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Alan Mitchell, adjourned the matter to March 30 for sentence.