Ireland Crime

Sentencing report: Mr Justice Paul Burns imposed a nine-year sentence (final year suspended) after the man was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury. Details of the grooming, the victim's disclosure in 2020, and mitigation evidence from the man's heavily pregnant wife are provided.

Sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court; details of the abuse, the victim's disclosure, and the judge's reasoning for the sentence.

McConnell sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment, backdated to July 20 2020 when extradited from Turkey. Court found he was the second gunman alongside Jonathan Keogh, relying on mobile phone data, CCTV, and lies told to gardaí. His gun had the safety catch on and did not fire. He has 105 previous convictions.

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Reports the sentencing of McConnell to life imprisonment, details of the ambush (two gunmen, one of whose gun had the safety on), the getaway car sequence, and the evidence relied upon including mobile phone data, CCTV and emails.

Reports the sentencing of McConnell to mandatory life imprisonment, backdated to 20 July 2020, along with the court's reasoning, the victim impact statement, and McConnell's previous convictions. Adds that Regina Keogh, Jonathan Keogh and Thomas Fox were found guilty in November 2018.

Reports the life sentence for McConnell after his Special Criminal Court conviction, the court's findings on his role, and the victim's family's reaction. Adds that he was extradited from Turkey and has over 100 previous convictions.

Non-jury Special Criminal Court verdict finding McConnell guilty as the second assassin in the ambush killing of Gareth Hutch; court relied on mobile phone data, CCTV, and lies told to gardaí rather than eyewitness identification.

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Reports the Special Criminal Court verdict finding McConnell guilty of murder as the second assassin. The court relied on mobile phone data, CCTV footage, and lies told to gardaí rather than witness identification, and noted McConnell's gun had the safety catch on and did not fire.

Reports the Special Criminal Court's verdict finding Thomas 'Nicky' McConnell guilty on 20 December 2024, the fourth conviction in the case, and the sentencing date of 27 January.

Covers defence closing submissions in the Special Criminal Court trial of Thomas 'Nicky' McConnell. The article says he is the fourth person tried for the same murder and that judgment is due December 20.

Reports that the trial must restart after Judge David McHugh fell ill, with District Court Judge Grainne Malone replacing him. Opening speeches and arraignment are to be repeated, and the trial is now hoped to conclude by July 31st.

Adds that protected witness Mary McDonnell told gardaí she was “not really one hundred per cent” sure of identifying one gunman, that the defence will challenge her evidence, and that the prosecution alleges McConnell and Jonathan Keogh planned the murder and used her apartment to watch the victim.

Reports the 13 June 2023 hearing: Ross Hutch’s reaction at the scene, witness accounts of two gunmen and guns in the car park, a crowd of about 50 people, the post-mortem finding of four gunshot wounds, and McConnell’s not guilty plea.

Reports the opening of the prosecution case at the Special Criminal Court, including the alleged planning, the vehicles, the shooting sequence, the DNA and forensic evidence to be relied on, and that three co-accused were already convicted.

Reports that the trial of Thomas McConnell has opened at the Special Criminal Court, with the prosecution's account of the planning and shooting and the evidence it relies on.