Douglas Glynn jailed for six-and-a-half years over foiled murder plot

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Douglas Glynn was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court to seven years and six months in prison, with the final year suspended, for his role in a foiled plot to murder James Gately. The sentence was backdated to December 31, 2021, when Glynn went into custody.

Glynn had pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of a criminal organisation after his trial began. The court heard that he placed a tracking device on Gately’s car in Belfast ahead of an attempted murder plot.