Episode 199: The bugging dilemma - Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's murder trial at a crossroads
1 December 2022 - 25 minsTHE judges at the Special Criminal Court are set to rule on the admissibility of evidence relating to 10 hours of conversation between murder accused Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall, captured by a garda bugging device on March 7 2016.
The defence, led by Brendan Grehan SC, says almost eight hours of the contents of the audio recording of the conversations should be thrown out, as Dowdall's jeep was travelling through Northern Ireland at the time and therefore is ‘illicit fruit’.
The prosecution disagrees, and counsel Sean Gillane says the bug was an inanimate object and the recordings are lawful as the device was deployed, retrieved and downloaded in th...
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Episode 1346: Turkish mobster shot dead in rare Dubai gangland hit
An assassination on a busy Dubai street marks a rare moment when the underworld does its dirty business in the United Arab Emirates. So, what happens after a Turkish criminal was gunned down near the playground where wealthy tourists and gangsters mix? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about murder in the Emirates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 1345: Jason Corbett’s daughter vows to not stay silent after killer Molly Martens revealed to have new boyfriend
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14 mins
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Episode 1344: The Science of Fear - Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and his brutal reign as Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man
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26 mins
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Episode 1343: How gangland hardman Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy became an unlikely peacekeeper behind bars
Gangland hard man Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy claimed that a breakdown followed the guilt he felt at the murder of his sister Antoinnette and led him to a lethal grapple with police while he was armed with a submachine gun and a grenade. But now, the volatile criminal has become a peacemaking king of his wing in Portlaoise prison where a piece of leaked mobile phone footage has shown him intervening in a row. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19 mins
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Episode 1342: Kinahan Cartel's links to Iran exposed by US terrorism report
The Kinahan Organised Crime Group and their links to Iran has been detailed in a highbrow terrorism report released by a top US government think tank. The group are detailed by the Combating Terrorism Centre as being a proxy group used by the regime to commit murder and fund terrorism through drug trafficking. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald as dark clouds loom over the cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 mins
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Episode 1341: Father who took his own life after murdering his son was previously investigated for threats
A father believed to have murdered his 12-year-old son before taking his own life had been previously accused of threatening to kill the boy. Oisin O’Reilly and his father Wayne were found dead at two different addresses in West Dublin on Thursday. Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about the investigation into the murder-suicide and its impact on the local community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 mins
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