Crime World

Flashy gang enforcer Scott Capper caught again with a phone in jail, Barbie Kardashian’s porn ambitions, the world’s biggest cocaine haul and the Chawke siblings assault case.

Niall Donald speaks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt and Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our readers' eyes this week. 

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 This week, the Katie Simpson review was published on behalf of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.

It's a damning report on the police's handling of the investigation into Katie's death in August 2020.

The 21-year-old showjumper from Armagh was murdered by her sister's partner, Jonathan Creswell. He staged her death to make it look like a suicide, a story that was accepted by the PSNI officers.

Jenny Friel speaks to Nuala Lappin, a former domestic abuse officer who dealt with Creswell back in 2010 when he was found guilty of attacking his then-girlfriend, Abi Lyle.

After reading the entire 203-page report, she's happy with much of the findings and recommendations but still believes more needs to be done to tackle domestic abuse across the island of Ireland.

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Jailed Devon Hennessy has had a steel cage fitted to the front of his home in Corduff, which he is turning into somewhat of a fortress.

Hennessy a member of the notorious Hennessy Organised Crime Group, will be one the first of the torture mob due out of jail in two years time despite their incarceration incidents of graffiti and arson attacks continue to torment the community.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the latest from the Hennessy mob and our subscriber-only deep dive podcast 'Blood Brothers’ on what turned them into an enemy of their own community.

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Gerry Hutch is on the campaign trail and already sparking controversy with remarks about illegal immigrants which have been called ‘racist’ and Trump-like.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about 'The Monk' and a rocky start to his bid for the Dáil.

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Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has claimed that Daniel Kinahan sits on a ‘Board of Directors’ of international narco traffickers who control the world’s cocaine trade.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the remarks which suggest that Dubai in the headquarters of what he calls the Junta Directiva Del Narcotráfico.

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Former UFC fighter Darren Till extended his support to his “friend” Daniel Kinahan during a recent podcast appearance.

Till, who was previously represented by the cartel boss, spoke out following Daniel's arrest in Dubai last month.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Daniel Kinahan and how his crimes have seeped into the world of boxing. 

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A review into the murder of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson has exposed ‘institutional misogyny’ within the PSNI and total failure to follow policing procedures in the case of her death.

Killer Jonathan Creswell almost got away with murder when he presented Katie to hospital in Derry saying he had found her hanging.

But months later, a second investigation team arrested and charged him before the courts.

Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about the 200-page report and its damning conclusions.

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In May 2018,14-year-old Ana Kriegel was reported missing by her parents to the Gardai. After an intensive three-day search, her battered and naked body was found in a derelict farmhouse, a short walk from her home in Lucan, West Dublin.

Thirteen months later, two 14-year-old boys, only ever known as Boy A and Boy B, were found guilty of Ana's murder. They remain the youngest people in Ireland to have ever been convicted of murder. Jenny Friel speaks with Crime World's Caoimhe Young about what could have led these children to commit such a heinous crime.

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Journalist Pavel Barter could have never imagined the tale he would uncover when he started looking into one of the FBI's coldest cases.

But the story of killer Joseph Maloney took him from the US right into the heart of Ireland and its fledgling movie industry to an unlikely love story and into the mind of a cold killer who poisoned his wife then reinvented himself.

Nicola speaks to Pavel about his new book Runaway Joe and the podcast that has proceeded it.

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Sean McGovern carried a Sudoku puzzle book and a copy of George Orwell's 1984 as he appeared in court and made his case for a reduced sentence.

The Kinahan lieutenant was described as 'a caring and generous' father in court as he was allowed introduce references on his behalf.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about McGovern's demeanor in court and the sentence he is likely to receive.

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