Top Gangland Boss Shot Dead

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The Monk is very confident he’ll get off according to Paul Williams (I think it was him I missed half of it) on Newstalk this morning.

Ciara Kelly won’t say Jonathan Dowdalls name without saying “former Sinn Fein politician” first.

Former Sinn Fein politician Jonathan Dowdall is literally getting away with murder here. They’ll look like some cunts if they don’t get this over the line.
They never charged the Monk with possesion of a weapon (when it would have been easily provable apparently) and carries a nice sentence.

Williams says the Monk is planning a big 60th bday bash once he gets out and will leave the country asap

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If he does get off they’ll arrest him on another charge before he gets out of country …

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In fairness to the Shinners they were not wrong to have concerns about the Special Criminal Court. Something like a 90% plus conviction rate.

Evidence seems incredibly flimsy.

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5706

As said below. Once you go into the special criminal court. You ain’t coming out

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5707

Np evidence ref membership needed then
Just a Garda inspectors word

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sure it would be an appalling vista if you couldnt trust the word of an inspector :wink:

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:slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face::clap:

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Are we expecting a verdict today? If so what time?

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If the State had game, they’d have funded the Monk to delete a few more Kinahans

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Imminent, the judges have just entered the courtroom.

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Hard to see a guilty verdict on the evidence we were presented but :person_shrugging:t2:

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A nation holds its breath…

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We are expecting a lengthy ruling.

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As a matter of interest, does the supreme court sir a level above the special criminal court? Presumably he could and would appeal if found guilty.

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Hutch can appeal to court of appeal, then Supreme Court and if alll else fails then europe

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He’ll have to go to Europe to get a fair hearing.

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I missed the bit where Hutch was one of the good guys. Fuck him.

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Gerry Hutch has cornered the hipster market, he’s the romantics’ choice, a sort of St. Pauli/Napoli/Villarreal/Borussia Dortmund/Boca Juniors of the Dublin crime scene.

The Kinahans are the vulgar new money, the “Manchester City”, “Newcastle United”, Chelsea, PSG rolled into one of the Dublin crime scene.

Let’s face it, we all want Gerry to get off, even though we probably shouldn’t.

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He’s one of the last ordinary decent criminals.