Crime World

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October 28 Kerry man charged over €32m crystal meth seizure denies directing criminal organisation
James Leen has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a €32 million seizure of crystal meth at Cork Port.
The Kerry native will appear again in court on Monday at the Special Criminal Court where his trial is soon to get underway.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.
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16 min
October 28 Prison launches investigation after Daniel Kinahan put on call to alleged major drug trafficker
A security breach is under investigation in Portlaoise Prison after Daniel Kinahan managed to speak to his former landing mate Ali Mazidi in hospital.
Kinahan was in the gym with Mazidi last month when the Iranian took a heart attack, the alleged Cartel boss helped keep him alive as medical assistance arrived.
Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the phone call and how it happened.
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15 min
October 27 Gang rapists argue victim shouldn't have been allowed to give evidence behind screen
Three men convicted of raping a woman lured from a Dublin nightclub to a car and later brought to a house in South Dublin are appealing their convictions.
Anthony Hickey, Fabio Vincente, and Matin Zolfaghari argue that their victim should not have given evidence behind a screen and say the judge erred is his charge to the jury.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the case and the grounds of appeal.
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11 min
October 27 Dr Marie Cassidy explores Ireland's last witch trial
The horrors of Ireland’s last witch trial will be brought to life by former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy in a new documentary to be screened over Halloween.
Dr Cassidy goes back in time to 1711 when eight women living in the close knit community of Islandmagee were accused of witch-craft, tried, jailed and stoned.
Nicola talks with Marie about the fascinating story and the modern investigative skills she brought with her to tell it.
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34 min
October 26 ‘Coward punch’: Families of one-punch attack victims campaign for sentencing changes
Sharon Lynn and Brian Gallagher both had their lives turned upside down in a second when they lost a brother to separate, violent, unprovoked one-punch attacks.
Today, Niall talks to Sharon and Brian about their campaign for changes in sentencing and why they believe we can learn from Australia's Coward Punch initiative.
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45 min
October 23 John Gilligan facing over 11 years in prison after allegedly running drug lab in Spanish villa
Veteran criminal John Gilligan is facing more than 11 years in prison for drug and gun charges.
An indictment presented to a court in the Costa Blanca heard the 74-year-old was arrested in a villa with ketamine, cocaine and marijuana along with a firearm.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pensioner and what trouble he faces in Spain.
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16 min
October 23 Killer Christa Pike and her botched execution
Christa Pike has spent 30 years on Tennessee's death row and last month made international headlines when her execution by lethal injection was botched.
Her life is a story of childhood abuse, a brutal murder, and how claims of Satanism led to her conviction.
Eamon Dillon speaks to documentary maker Steve Payne, who was part of a crew that interviewed her shortly after she was sentenced to death in 1995.
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28 min
October 22 Should family killer Gregory Fox be allowed move to an open prison?
Gregory Fox, who brutally murdered his wife and two sons has been moved to an open prison as he gets one step closer to freedom.
Fox, who is originally from Clondalkin in Dublin, killed his wife Debbie, 30, and sons Trevor, nine, and seven-year-old Killian, in July 2001.
It is understood the killer was moved to Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow this summer as part of his sentence management set out by the Parole Board.
Crime World's Caoimhe Young talks to Criminal Justice academic Clare Laxton about Fox and his move to Shelton Abbey.
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17 min
October 22 Man pleads guilty over 2010 murder of Lee Slattery who was ‘wrongly singled out’ by gang
A man once branded Ireland’s most dangerous teenager is finally ready to face justice for the murder of a harmless addict committed 16 years ago.
Kurt Ryan pleaded guilty in relation to the murder of Lee Slattery, who was shot twice at close range and buried in a shallow grave in Limerick in 2010.
Ryan smirked as a court heard he’d pleaded guilty to lesser charges after originally going on trial for murder.
Nicola talks to Niall Donald.
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25 min
October 21 Kinahan hitman goes ‘absolutely ballistic’ after innocent female relative’s car is firebombed
Gangland killer Nicky McConnell has vowed revenge after an innocent female relative was wrongly targeted in a case of drug debt intimidation.
McConnell wants to identify who threw a petrol bomb destroying the car of his associate mistakingly believed to owe money.
Nicola talks to Niall Donald about McConnell.
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14 min

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