Luke Wilson jailed over conspiracy to murder Gary Hanley

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Luke Wilson was sentenced at the Special Criminal Court on 9 November 2018 to 12 years in prison for a firearm offence, with the final year suspended for a period of three years. He also received a concurrent six-year sentence for conspiracy to murder Gary Hanley.

In July 2018, Wilson admitted conspiring to murder Hanley at a location within the State between 15 September and 6 November 2017. He also pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a Beretta handgun with intent to endanger life at Philipsburgh Avenue, Fairview, Dublin 3, on 6 November 2017. The proceedings were reported on 9 November 2018.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt passed sentence sitting with Judge Patricia Ryan and Judge Michael Walsh. He said Wilson’s early guilty plea and personal mitigating factors reduced the headline sentence for the firearm offence by 25 per cent.

Wilson’s 11-year custodial sentence was backdated to his arrest on 6 November 2017.