Crime Boss Cleared in Journalist’s Slaying
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From Times Wire Reports
A crime boss was acquitted of ordering the 1996 slaying of journalist Veronica Guerin, though the presiding judges said they had “grave suspicions” that he was responsible.
A Special Criminal Court cleared John Gilligan, 48, on murder and weapons possession charges but convicted him on 11 counts related to running what was Ireland’s biggest drug-smuggling operation. Gilligan received a 28-year sentence--the longest for a drug-related offense in Irish legal history.
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