Mark Lee jailed for facilitating criminal organisation in fatal shooting

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Mark Lee was sentenced to nine years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended for three years, for facilitating a criminal organisation in the fatal shooting of Thomas McCarthy. Lee had admitted the offence, which the court said he committed between July 26 and 27, 2020.

The judge set a headline sentence of 13 years before taking Lee’s guilty plea into account. He described Lee’s role as significant and said the plea spared the prosecution a difficult, lengthy trial and the McCarthy family the ordeal of attending one.