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Notorious criminal Mackin accepts he has 'made poor choices in the past'

Date
2023-03-30

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

Gerard Mackin, 40, pleaded guilty to laundering €4,780 as proceeds of criminal conduct at Rhebogue Road, Limerick, on April 17, 2019, contrary to Section 7 of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act 2010. The Special Criminal Court heard that Mackin, who was extradited from Spain in December 2022, admitted to handling the cash, which prosecution counsel stated was not a legitimate deposit but crime proceeds. Defence counsel Ronan Kennedy SC submitted that Mackin accepted he had made poor choices, has never met his infant son due to his custody, and intends to return to Spain to rebuild his life. The court noted his previous conviction in March 2016, where he was jailed for three years for a 'depraved and barbaric' assault involving a nail-gun. Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding with Judges Sarah Berkeley and Alan Mitchell, remanded Mackin in custody until May 19, when he will be sentenced. The matter was adjourned for sentencing and is not yet concluded.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Notorious criminal Mackin accepts he has 'made poor choices in the past'. Charges or matters: laundering thousands of euro in crime cash in Limerick, accepts he has made poor choices in the past and intends to turn his life around with his family in Spain when he is released from prison, the Special Criminal Court has heard; laundering €4,780 as the proceeds of criminal behaviour at Rhebogue Road in Limerick, on April 17, 2019; 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 Incident
December 5 Incident
April 7, 2022 Incident
March 2016 Incident
September 14, 2015 Incident
December 5 2022 Incident
September 2021 Incident
December 2, 2022 Incident
May 19 Adjournment
January 2011 Adjournment
March 12, 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
July 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
May 18 Hearing Or Sentence
2023-03-30 Publication

Why: Counsel asked the court to take into consideration that Mackin has never met his eight-week old son because of his surrender and that he has been incarcerated since then. CNI source report

Case subjects

Gerard Mackin

Convicted Person

Charges: laundering thousands of euro in crime cash in Limerick, accepts he has made poor choices in the past and intends to turn his life around with his family in Spain when he is released from prison, the Special Criminal Court has heard; laundering €4,780 as the proceeds of criminal behaviour at Rhebogue Road in Limerick, on April 17, 2019; 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: In March 2016 Mackin was jailed for three years by the Special Criminal Court for a "depraved and barbaric" assault in which a man in his 50s was lured to an address in Limerick where he was "viciously assaulted" and nailed to a kitchen floor with a nail-gun. Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Alan Mitchell, remanded Mackin in custody until May 19, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, with Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Alan Mitchell, remanded Mackin in custody until May 19, when he will be sentenced.