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Mr Fishy sunk: violent offender facing 15.5-year stint after he provided getaway cars for gangland shooting
Summary
A man from the Glenties area of Donegal has been sentenced to a total of 15.5 years in prison following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for facilitating a gangland shooting in Dublin. Patrick Fitzgerald, aged 48, was convicted of participating in activities of a criminal organisation between November 2021 with intent to facilitate a serious offence. He provided getaway vehicles used in an attempted murder of Dublin criminal Gary Carey on 17 November 2021. Justice Eileen Creedon imposed a seven-year sentence to run consecutively with an existing 7.5-year sentence for aggravated burglary. The court heard Fitzgerald purchased two vehicles through an online platform and provided them as escape cars following the shooting at Ballyfermot Crescent. Mr Carey sustained gunshot wounds and subsequently relocated his family abroad. The judge noted the case involved a national and international drug smuggling gang and considered the profound impact on the victim's family. Fitzgerald has 72 previous convictions.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Mr Fishy sunk: violent offender facing 15.5-year stint after he provided getaway cars for gangland shooting. Charges or matters: a charge that between November 11 2021 and November 18 2021, both dates inclusive, in the State, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he did participate in or contribute to activities intending to facilitate the commission by the criminal organisation of a serious offence. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 17, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 11 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 18 2021 Incident
- November 21 Other
- June 24, 2022 Other
- August 5 Other
- November 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 17 Incident
- 2025-07-07 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: a charge that between November 11 2021 and November 18 2021, both dates inclusive, in the State, with knowledge of the existence of a criminal organisation, he did participate in or contribute to activities intending to facilitate the commission by the criminal organisation of a serious offence (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: Gary Carey is facing over 15 years in prison after he was further jailed by a judge at the Central Criminal Court. Last February, he was jailed for seven and a half years after a court heard he was part of a gang that invaded a family home in the early morning, terrorising a couple in their 70s, their daughter and a six-year-old child.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- Ballyfermot Crescent
- Dublin
- St James's Hospital
- of Ballyfermot Garda Station
Topics
Burglary Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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