Ireland Case No. 4967Conspiracy to murder · Co. Dublin · 5 Dec 2016
Man jailed for 11 years over conspiracy to murder in Dublin
Charlie Cooper, a 38-year-old man, was shot multiple times at his home in Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, on 5 December 2016 and survived after running to a neighbour's house. Jason O'Connor, a 46-year-old man, was charged with attempted murder in August 2023 and pleaded guilty in May 2024 to the reduced charge of conspiracy to murder. The court described the attack as a revenge-type attack after O'Connor's friend Keith Walker was killed in 2015 in a case of mistaken identity. O'Connor was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court in October 2024 to 11 years in prison.
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- Arrestednot reported
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- In court31 Aug
3 reports - Convicted24 Jun
3 reports - Sentenced14 Oct
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Charlie Cooper was shot multiple times at his home and survived after running to a neighbour's house and receiving emergency surgery.
- Where
- The shooting took place at Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.
- When
- The shooting occurred on the night of 5 December 2016.
- Cause
- The court described the attack as a revenge-type attack after O'Connor's friend Keith Walker was killed in 2015 in a case of mistaken identity, with O'Connor believing he was the intended target.
- Weapon
- Ten shots were fired from a 9mm handgun in the kitchen of Cooper's home.
- Investigation
- Gardaí seized an encrypted BlackBerry phone from O'Connor's home, and messages on it showed he was planning a revenge attack.
- Charges
- O'Connor was charged with attempted murder and unlawful possession of a 9mm handgun and 12 rounds of ammunition with intent to endanger life, and later pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of conspiracy to murder and to participating in a criminal organisation's activity.
- In court
- The case took eight years to reach the Special Criminal Court because messages on the encrypted device had only recently become accessible.
- Sentence
- O'Connor was sentenced in October 2024 to a headline 15-year term for the Section 72 facilitation offence with the final four years suspended, and a concurrent seven-year sentence for conspiracy to murder backdated to 31 August 2023, for an effective 11-year term.
- Other details
- O'Connor has 70 previous convictions, and the defence said he was mentally very unwell after his friend's death.
- Detective Inspector Liam Donoghue named the organisation O'Connor admitted helping as the Kinahan crime group.
98 statements extracted from the articles
- whatCharlie Cooper suffered multiple gunshot wounds but survived after emergency surgery. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA man was charged with the attempted murder of a man in Dublin 15. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds but survived after emergency surgery. (irishtimes.com)
- whatO’Connor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder Charlie Cooper. (irishtimes.com)
- whatCooper was shot multiple times at his home and seriously injured. (irishtimes.com)
- whatCharlie Cooper ran to a neighbour's house and survived the attack. (rte.ie)
- whatO'Connor pleaded guilty in May to a reduced charge of conspiracy to murder, which the State accepted. (irishtimes.com)
- whatMr Cooper was shot multiple times at his home and seriously injured. (irishtimes.com)
- whatMr Cooper was treated in intensive care and made a recovery. (irishtimes.com)
- whatTen shots were fired in the kitchen of Mr Cooper's Parslickstown home. (irishtimes.com)
- whatO'Connor conspired with persons unknown in the plot to murder Mr Cooper. (irishtimes.com)
- whatO'Connor was accused of the attempted murder of Charlie Cooper at Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, on December 5, 2016. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatCharlie Cooper was seriously injured when shot multiple times at his home. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatCooper was treated in intensive care and made a recovery. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatJason O'Connor was jailed for 11 years by the Special Criminal Court. (thejournal.ie)
- whatCharlie Cooper was shot multiple times at his home and survived. (thejournal.ie)
- whereThe shooting happened near Charlie Cooper's home at Parslickstown, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe shooting happened near the victim's home at Parslickstown, Mulhuddart. (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe shooting took place at Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. (irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie)
- whereCharlie Cooper was shot several times in his home in Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart. (rte.ie)
- whereCooper was shot several times in his home in Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart. (rte.ie)
- whenThe shooting happened on the night of December 5, 2016. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe shooting happened on the night of December 5th, 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe shooting took place on 5 December 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe shooting of Charlie Cooper happened on 5 December 2016. (rte.ie)
- whenThe attempt on Mr Cooper's life was on December 5th, 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe shooting happened on 5 December 2016. (rte.ie, thejournal.ie)
- whenThe attempted murder of Charlie Cooper took place on December 5th, 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- causeO'Connor was the target when his friend Keith Walker was shot dead the year before in a case of mistaken identity. (rte.ie)
- causeO'Connor was the intended target, and his friend Keith Walker was killed by mistake. (rte.ie)
- causeThe court described the attack as a revenge-type attack arising from the death of Keith Walker. (thejournal.ie)
- causeKeith Walker, a friend of O'Connor's, was murdered at a pigeon-racing event in 2015, and O'Connor believed he was the intended target. (irishtimes.com)
- causeThe judge said the subsequent attack was a revenge-type attack arising from Walker's death. (irishtimes.com)
- weaponA 9mm handgun was involved in the incident. (irishmirror.ie)
- weaponO’Connor is also charged with possession of a 9mm firearm and 12 rounds of 9mm ammunition with intent to endanger life. (irishtimes.com)
- weaponTen shots were fired in the attempt on Cooper's life in the kitchen of his Parslickstown home. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí seized an encrypted BlackBerry phone from O'Connor's home while investigating the attempted murder of Charlie Cooper. (rte.ie)
- investigationMessages on the encrypted phone showed that O'Connor was planning a revenge attack. (rte.ie)
- investigationGardaí found an encrypted Blackberry phone at O'Connor's home during searches. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationDetective Inspector Liam Donoghue named the organisation O'Connor admitted helping as the Kinahan crime group. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationAn encrypted Blackberry phone was found at O'Connor's home during the investigation. (thejournal.ie)
- investigationGardaí recovered an encrypted Blackberry phone from O'Connor's home. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeJason O'Connor is charged with the attempted murder of Charlie Cooper. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeO'Connor also faces two connected firearms charges. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe accused is charged with attempted murder. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeThe accused is also charged with unlawful possession of a 9mm handgun and 12 rounds of ammunition with intent to endanger life. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO’Connor had originally been accused of attempted murder and pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO’Connor was further charged last month with facilitating a criminal organisation's commission of murder and drug supply. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO’Connor also pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal organisation's activity between August and December 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO'Connor admitted conspiring to murder Charlie Cooper. (rte.ie)
- chargeO'Connor also admitted helping the Kinahan Organised Crime Group commit murder. (rte.ie)
- chargeO'Connor had originally been accused of attempted murder of Charlie Cooper. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO'Connor pleaded guilty in May to the reduced charge of conspiracy to murder. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeO'Connor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder Charlie Cooper under Section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeO'Connor pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal organisation between August 2 and December 7, 2016, to facilitate the commission of murder. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe maximum penalties for the two offences O'Connor pleaded guilty to are ten and 15 years. (rte.ie)
- chargeO'Connor pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to murder Charlie Cooper, a reduced charge the State accepted. (thejournal.ie)
- chargeO'Connor admitted helping the Kinahan crime group. (thejournal.ie)
- chargeO'Connor pleaded guilty in May to the reduced charge of conspiracy to murder, which the State accepted. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeO'Connor also pleaded guilty to a charge of participating in or contributing to activity that could facilitate a serious offence by a criminal organisation, between August 2nd and December 7th, 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- courtO'Connor did not address the court and has not indicated a plea. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtDetective Inspector Donoghue applied for a remand in prison, and the defence solicitor consented. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtJudge Power remanded O'Connor in custody to appear before Cloverhill District Court on September 5. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtO'Connor was granted free legal aid, and no garda objection was made. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe accused was brought before Judge Cephas Power at Dublin District Court. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe accused was remanded in custody charged with the attempted murder. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe accused was granted free legal aid. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe accused was remanded in custody to appear before Cloverhill District Court on September 5th. (irishtimes.com)
- courtMr Justice Hunt adjourned the matter to July 30th. (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case took eight years to reach the Special Criminal Court because the messages on the encrypted device have only recently been accessible. (rte.ie)
- courtThe Special Criminal Court adjourned sentence finalisation to October 14. (irishtimes.com)
- courtDet Insp Liam Donoghue named the organisation O'Connor admitted helping as the Kinahan crime group. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtMr Justice Tony Hunt presiding adjourned the matter for sentence finalisation to October 14. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe case took eight years to come before the Special Criminal Court. (rte.ie)
- courtThe judge said that if Cooper had not survived, O'Connor would have faced a life sentence. (rte.ie)
- courtSentence was imposed at the non-jury Special Criminal Court by Mr Justice Tony Hunt. (thejournal.ie)
- courtSentencing took place at the non-jury court on a Monday. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceO'Connor will be sentenced in October. (rte.ie)
- sentenceO'Connor faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceO'Connor was sentenced to 15 years in prison with the last four years suspended. (rte.ie)
- sentenceReports say O'Connor has been jailed for 11 years. (rte.ie)
- sentenceThe court imposed seven years for the conspiracy to murder charge, to run concurrently with the facilitation sentence. (thejournal.ie)
- sentenceThe concurrent seven-year sentence was backdated to 31 August 2023, when O'Connor went into custody. (thejournal.ie)
- sentenceO'Connor was jailed for 11 years by the Special Criminal Court. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe judge set a headline sentence of 15 years for the Section 72 facilitation offence and suspended the final four years. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe judge imposed a concurrent seven-year sentence for conspiracy to murder. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe District Court cannot consider bail in an attempted murder case, which requires an application to the High Court. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe accused made no reply when charged. (irishtimes.com)
- otherCooper was treated in hospital and made a recovery. (irishtimes.com)
- otherO'Connor has 70 previous convictions. (rte.ie, thejournal.ie)
- otherThe defence said O'Connor was mentally very unwell after his friend's death. (rte.ie)
- otherO'Connor had 70 previous convictions, including assault, burglary and possession of a mobile phone in prison. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe defence said the death of Keith Walker left O'Connor paranoid and psychotic and that he was mentally very unwell and suicidal in 2016. (irishtimes.com)
- otherMessages referred to other operations with conversations about gun silencers, trackers, named targets and their movements. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherO'Connor wrote a letter of apology. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherCooper ran to a neighbour's house and survived the attack. (rte.ie)
- otherDetective Garda Inspector Liam Donoghue named the Kinahan crime group as the organisation O'Connor admitted helping. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe seven-year sentence was backdated to August 31st, 2023, when O'Connor went into custody. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 14 Oct2024‘Haunted’ Kinahan cartel associate jailed for 11 years for murder conspiracy
Sentencing at the Special Criminal Court: 11 years in total, with four years of the 15-year headline sentence suspended and a concurrent seven-year term for conspiracy to murder, backdated to August 31st, 2023.
convicted, Jason 'Jay' O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason 'Jay' O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper - 14 Oct2024Gunman linked to Kinahan cartel jailed for 11 years over murder conspiracy
Reports the Special Criminal Court sentence of 11 years (15-year headline, final four suspended, seven years concurrent on the conspiracy charge), the guilty plea to a Section 72 facilitation charge, and the Kinahan link.
victim, Charlie Cooper, maleCharlie Cooperconvicted, Jason 'Jay' O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason 'Jay' O'Connor - 14 Oct2024Kinahan gunman jailed for 11 years over murder plot
Adds the sentence (15 years with the last four suspended, so 11 years effective), O'Connor's guilty pleas to two offences including helping the Kinahan group commit murder, the encrypted-phone evidence, the eight-year delay before the case reached court, and the mitigation put forward for him.
convicted, Jason 'Jay' O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason 'Jay' O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper - 30 Jul2024Kinahan associate 'haunted' by belief he was target of gunman in drag
Reports on Special Criminal Court proceedings where Det Insp Liam Donoghue presented evidence of O'Connor's involvement in the Kinahan crime group and his conspiracy to murder Cooper. The defence argued O'Connor was 'haunted' by the 2015 murder of his friend Keith Walker. Adjourned for sentence finalisation to 14 October 2024.
accused, Jason 'Jay' O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason 'Jay' O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper - 30 Jul2024Kinahan cartel associate plotted murder while ‘haunted’ by assassination of innocent friend, court hears
Reports O'Connor's guilty plea to conspiracy to murder, the court's naming of the Kinahan crime group, and the adjournment of sentencing to October 14. The original charge was attempted murder.
victim, Charlie Cooper, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooperconvicted, Jason “Jay” O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason “Jay” O'Connor - 30 Jul2024Man 'haunted' by friend's death planned revenge attack
Court report from the Special Criminal Court. O'Connor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder Charlie Cooper and to helping the Kinahan Organised Crime Group commit murder, with sentencing set for October. It adds the encrypted-phone evidence, the 2015 killing of Keith Walker that O'Connor says motivated him, the defence mitigation, and the maximum penalties.
victim, Charlie Cooper, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooperconvicted, Jason 'Jay' O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason 'Jay' O'Connor - 24 Jun2024Man (46) pleads guilty to conspiring to murder
Plea of guilty to the reduced charge of conspiracy to murder at the Special Criminal Court; O’Connor also pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal organisation's activity; adjourned to July 30th.
convicted, Jason “Jay” O'Connor, 46, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason “Jay” O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper - 31 Aug2023Man (45) charged over 2016 attempted murder in Mulhuddart
First report of the charge and the District Court appearance. The accused was remanded in custody to Cloverhill District Court on September 5th. The article gives the accused's current address as Patrick Street, Waterford, and says he did not address the court.
accused, Jason O'Connor, 45, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, 38, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper - 31 Aug2023Man charged with attempted murder of Dubliner who survived shooting
First report of the charge against Jason O'Connor, who is also charged with unlawful possession of a 9mm handgun and 12 rounds of ammunition with intent to endanger life. He was remanded in custody, and bail must be sought from the High Court.
accused, Jason O'Connor, 45, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jason O'Connorvictim, Charlie Cooper, 38, male, irish (judged from name)Charlie Cooper