Douglas Glynn jailed for criminal organisation offence

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Douglas Glynn received a seven-and-a-half-year sentence, with 12 months suspended, for participating in a criminal organisation at the Special Criminal Court on 14 February 2022.

He admitted placing a tracking device on James Gately’s car in Belfast, ahead of a plot to kill him.

The court heard that Glynn had originally denied the charge before changing his plea during the trial.

The judge said gardaí had prevented a murder and described the organisation Glynn assisted as particularly serious, well organised and well financed.