Alan Wilson (Irish criminal)

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Alan Wilson is an Irish criminal who is part of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. [1]

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Murder of Marioara Rostas

Marioara Rostas was an eighteen-year-old from Romania who disappeared from Dublin city centre on 6 January 2008. [2] She had been begging with one of her brothers at the junction of Pearse Street and Lombard Street. [2] Her brother saw her get into a car and when he went over to it the driver said they were going to McDonald's for food and would return later. [2] She phoned relatives in Romania before she disappeared. [2]

She was killed by four shots to her head. [2] Her body was buried in a shallow grave in the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains and was not discovered until 2012. [2] [3]

Alan Wilson went on trial for her murder in 2014 and pleaded not guilty. [4] The jury found him not guilty. [4]

Meat cleaver attack

On 3 June 2009 Wilson and David Crowley broke into a house in Blanchardstown and attacked a man with a meat cleaver. [5] They were convicted in 2013 with Wilson being sentenced to seven years and Crowley to eight. [5]

In 2017 he won an appeal over the conviction on the grounds that the offence he was charged with was different from the one he was cautioned and questioned about. [6] The Supreme Court directed there could be a retrial for Wilson, but counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions told the court there would be no retrial as Wilson had, with remission, served most of his sentence. [6]

Players Lounge shooting

In 2010 three men were shot at the Players Lounge in Fairview. [7] Two of them suffered life-altering injuries. [7] None of them were the intended target of the shooting. [7] Wilson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder persons unknown and to firearms offences. [7] He said he was approached by dissident republicans in relation to the crime and denied being in a gang. [7] A retired member of the Garda National Surveillance Unit testified that in 2017 he believed Wilson was a member of the Kinahan gang. [7] He was sentenced to ten years for conspiracy and seven and a half years for the firearms offences. [7] Charges of attempted murder of the three men were dropped after the DPP entered a nolle prosequi. [7]

Attempted murder of Gary Hanley

In 2019 he was convicted of conspiring to murder Gary Hanley in an ongoing feud. [8] He was sentenced to six years imprisonment. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Reynolds, Paul (15 December 2021). "Kinahan gang member sentenced to 10 years for part in gun attack". RTÉ News . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Teenager phoned family in Romania before murder". RTÉ News. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Murder accused Alan Wilson 'danced on' the body of Marioara, court told". Irish Independent . 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 Murray, Niall (1 August 2014). "Man acquitted of Marioara murder". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Two jailed after meat cleaver attack on man in his home". RTÉ News. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. 1 2 O'Loughlin, Ann (13 July 2017). "Man wins appeal over burglary conviction on grounds he was charged with different offence". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reynolds, Eoin (15 December 2021). "Criminal Alan Wilson jailed over role in plot to murder three men". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. 1 2 O'Riordan, Alison (29 July 2019). "Gangland criminal jailed for six years for 'intricate' plan to assassinate Dublin man". TheJournal.ie . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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