Sub Heading: “Bernie Guerin talks of her pain and her daughter’s legacy”
By Nicola Tallant
Sunday February 24 2008
SNIPPET: “On Dirty Money, which is based on The Untouchables, by Paul Williams, we see video footage of crime boss John Gilligan and his gang living the high life in Spain prior to the murder. On one clip, Gilligan sings The Wild Rover surrounded by his henchmen, and in another he chases a toddler on his knees.
Former Assistant Garda Commissioner Tony Hickey says the gang made so much money in such a short space of time because of “spectacular” connections Gilligan had made abroad and particularly in Amsterdam.”
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“’Villainous’ Holland back in familiar surroundings”
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By Don Lavery
Sunday May 04 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Career criminal Patrick Dutchy Holland — the Dublin thug named in court by a garda officer as the man who shot dead Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin 12 years ago — will see out much of his old age in the same way as he has spent a lot of his life, behind bars.
Holland, who denied being involved in the journalist’s murder and who was never convicted of the cowardly killing, will be in his mid-70s by the time he gets out of a British prison after his latest bumbling attempt at becoming a master criminal in the UK.”
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“Guerin suspect jailed for kidnap”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A man police suspect of killing Irish journalist Veronica Guerin has been jailed for planning a £10m “honey trap” plot to kidnap a businessman.
Patrick Holland, 68, and others aimed to place a secretary at Nasir Zahid’s firm and persuade her to ask him on a date before grabbing him.
But she was unable to get a job at his firm, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
Holland was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap and jailed for eight years. Four more people have also been jailed.
Kahn Coombs, 24, of no fixed address and the gang’s bait for Mr Zahid, was jailed for four years.
Gerrard Booth, 47, of Co Down, was jailed for seven years and John McDonnell, 45, of Lewisham, south-east London, was jailed for eight years.
They were all found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “During Holland’s recent two-month trial, the jury saw lengthy surveillance evidence of him meeting his alleged paymaster, Patrick Van Cantfort, a wealthy European businessman. He is currently being sought by police.
They heard he ordered the kidnapping apparently believing Mr Zahid had double-crossed him over an alleged £10m VAT fraud.
Crime reporter Ms Guerin was killed by a motorcycle pillion passenger in the Irish Republic on June 26, 1996.
The following year, Holland was arrested and jailed for possession of 10kgs (22lbs) of cannabis resin.
His trial heard the Irish police officer who arrested him believed he killed the 37-year-old.”