Crime World

An RIP notice marked her passing and urged mourners to give donations to charity and bring no flowers. But gardai became suspicious of the untimely passing of serial fraudster Amy McAuley. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about a woman who faked her own death to avoid facing theft and fraud charges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Tanya Fowles has been credited being one of a handful of people whose interference forced the PSNI to investigate the murder of tragic showjumper Katie Simpson. In the Crime World Presents podcast series Groomed she describes how she tried to raise red flags with police after killer Jonathan Creswell told them that Katie had taken her own life. In Nicola's book Groomed she documents the...

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of the double murders of drug debt collectors Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor, has heard that her partner Neville van der Westhuizen is currently in jail in South Africa for a brutal kidnapping and murder which took place in 2017. The murder was of a young man following a row over a mobile phone charger. The court heard, three years after the bodies of O’Connor...

The legal bill for the defence of Bloody Sunday murder accused Soldier F has been revealed as a whopping £4.3 million after MP Colum Eastwood lodged a parliamentary question about the publicly funded fees. Eastwood has described the figure as "sickening" while pointing out that the families of those murdered and wounded had to rely on the generosity of a law firm working for free and others who of...

Gangster-turned-poet Ian 'Mad Dog' Maloney has been jailed for 10 years for a gun attack on a house. He has apologised to the victims and said he is finished with crime. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Maloney and his hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Garda Commissioner has agreed to launch a cold case review into the death of 87-year-old farmer Liam Farrell. Liam’s body was discovered bloody and bruised at the rear of his bungalow home in 2020. Niall speaks to Liam's son Peter about his family’s long campaign to discover the truth about his father’s death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man who stabbed his girlfriend 50 times, and the brothers of Joseph Puska who have been convicted of withholding information as Gardaí investigated the murder of schoolteacher Aisling Murphy are under protection in prison. Marek and Lubomir Puska Jnr were moved to a different wing after one of them was attacked by five inmates, while Josh O’Brien, who savagely attacked his former girlfriend Niam...

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie will be sentenced tomorrow in a Boston courtroom after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman during a night out for St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. But already his lawyer Daniel Reilly has said that his conviction is a miscarriage of justice and an appeal will be lodged. Crosbie has insisted he never touched the victim but she told the court that he raped...

A father and daughter who claim Ruth Lawrence admitted that she had shot one of two drug debt collectors who were murdered in Cavan in April 2014 have been given evidence at her trial. Stacey and Jason Symes have been telling the double murder trial about events before and after Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor were shot dead and their bodies discovered dumped on an island. Ruth Lawrence denies mu...

Two men found guilty of the murder of Northern Ireland drug kingpin Malcolm McKeown in 2019 will serve more than 50 years in prison. But were killers Jake O’Brien, from Lurgan, and Andrew Martin, from Banbridge, calculated assassins or disposable lackies working for the notorious a notorious organised crime group with firm links to Mr Big? Nicola and Niall speak with Steven Moore about McKeown, hi...

He was a promising footballer who represented Ireland at underage level but now Jamie Geoghegan has been named as one of the leading drug dealers in west Dublin, with links to the notorious mob known as 'The Family'. Eamon Dillon tells us about Geoghegan and the band of young dealers, some as young as 15 that he controls. He also describes the details from the Criminal Assets Bureau case against h...

An American woman dubbed 'Queen of the Con' who swindled more than £100,000 from friends in Northern Ireland before fleeing to the US and posing as a fake heiress has been jailed after trial at Downpatrick Court. Fifty-six-year-old Marianne Smyth stole the six-figure sum from clients after befriending them while working as a mortgage adviser between 2008 and 2010. She then fled overseas to continu...

As the man known as 'Soldier F' is found not guilty of murder on Bloody Sunday in Derry, the judgement of a Belfast court far from exonerates him and his regiment from the atrocities that have marked a generation. British Paratroopers who shot at fleeing and unarmed civilians and who then lied about the circumstances should hang their heads in shame, a Judge remarked. So what's next for the famili...

A trophy home owned by prolific burglary gang boss 'Fat' Andy Connors will go up for sale in coming months - 20 years after the Criminal Assets Bureau first identified it. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Connors, his vast property portfolio, and his murder which has never been solved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twenty four people, including five juvenile,s have been arrested after a second night of violence outside a Dublin asylum seekers' centre. The riots outside the Citywest Hotel began on Tuesday hours after a man was charged with sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl. Niall speaks to Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about the clashes and the political reaction.  Hosted on Acast. See ac...

He was gangland’s Capo dei Capi - a mentor and teacher to violent younger criminals and a powerful godfather who held a key position in Ireland’s criminal underworld. In life, he paved the way for others as one of the first bosses on a sophisticated organised crime group. He mixed with paramilitaries and criminals and became the country’s first cocaine cowboy when he was caught trying to set up a...

A witness has told the court how Ruth Lawrence demonstrated how she shot an alleged drug dealer in 2014.  Stacey Symes, described as a significant witness by the prosecution, was in the dock today for the double murder trial. Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the witness' account of the events surrounding the gun murders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was gangland’s Capo dei Capi - a mentor and teacher to violent younger criminals and a powerful godfather who held a key position in Ireland’s criminal underworld. In life, he paved the way for others as one of the first bosses on a sophisticated organised crime group. He mixed with paramilitaries and criminals and became the country’s first cocaine cowboy when he was caught trying to set up a...

Daniel Kinahan's ongoing involvement in shipping drugs across the world and his lifestyle in the United Arab Emirates has been put under the microscope by the world's most prestigious and respected publication. And in a deep dive into the Kinahans, their background and their rise to power, journalist Ed Caesar discovers that the Irish mob was exposed in the Encrohat hack after analysts discovered...

He was gangland’s Capo dei Capi - a mentor and teacher to violent younger criminals and a powerful godfather who held a key position in Ireland’s criminal underworld. In life, he paved the way for others as one of the first bosses on a sophisticated organised crime group. He mixed with paramilitaries and criminals and became the country’s first cocaine cowboy when he was caught trying to set up a...

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of the double gun murder of drug debt collectors Anthony Keegan and Eoin O'Connor has heard forensic details of how they died. Nicola speaks Eamon Dillon who was at the trial today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new podcast series tracing the story of the murder of showjumper Katie Simpson and her killer Jonathan Creswell will focus on the coercive control he used to build a cult-like structure around himself in the shadow of the equestrian industry. Niall and Nicola chat about the new Crime World Presents podcast Groomed, which is available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

A fisherman has told the trial of Ruth Lawrence how he noticed a 'dreadful smell' coming off an island on Lough Sheelin. The murder case is just one of a number of high profile trials on this week as the courts are back busier then ever. Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt and Eamon Dillon about the influencer caught with counterfeit notes, the Mike Gaine investigation, and an arrest in the Donaghmede...

John Gilligan has smashed his way back into a private villa he once shared with girlfriend Sharon Oliver. Now the owners say he is threatening them and has refused to leave while he lives rent free in Spain. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Gilligan and his fun in the sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of the double murders of drug debt collectors Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor, has heard how their families became worried for their safety immediately after they stopped answering their phones. The pair were discovered on an island on Lough Sheelin in 2014 after travelling from Dublin to Cavan to collect a €15,000 drug debt, the Central Criminal Court has hear...