Crime World

Taxi driver Raymond Shorten is to be sentenced after his conviction for rape and anal rape of two women who he picked up while they were drunk and attacked them in his car. The predatory behaviour of Shorten saw him trawl nightclubs looking for drunk women and even go out of his way to pull up as they stumbled along pavements trying to ring for lifts home. Now his brave daughter Nikita has taken t...

Supergrass Raffaele Imperiale has been speaking with Dutch police in relation to his former associate El Rico and what he claims are his links to a murderous underworld feud, leaked documents show. The Camorra Mafiosa who was arrested in Dubai and returned to Italy two years ago turned state witness as he faced a lengthy time in jail. The one time member of the European Super Cartel has also told...

Notorious criminal Leroy Dumbrell Roche has been jailed again notching up his 82nd conviction this time for an assault. He will rejoin his brothers Geoffrey and Warren both serving life sentences for murder as he settles down once more to a prison term. So who is Leroy Dumbrell and why have his brothers made his one of the most notorious criminal families in the State. Nicola speaks to Niall Donal...

New IRA leader Thomas Ashe Mellon found himself arrested by police over the border this week hours after he failed an explosives test when he went to visit inmates in the Republic’s high security Portlaoise Jail. So what was Mellon doing meeting with the New IRA’s southern command with the permission of Northern Ireland’s courts and in the company of the respected Fianna Fáil TD Eamon O’Cuiv. Nico...

Three women who admitted helping evil Jonathan Cresswell cover up details around the death of showjumper Katie Simpson were handed down suspended prison sentences today. Hayley Robb, Jill Robinson and Rose De Montmorency Wright each believed that Katie had taken her own life and had not been murdered when they helped Cresswell wash his clothing and hide the fact he had assaulted the 21-year-old in...

A Congolese asylum seeker has been deported by the Garda National Immigration Bureau days after he walked free from another jail term. Chico Makamda was jailed in 2019 for a horrific sexual attack on a woman but had clocked up 15 other previous convictions in the 10 years he’d been in Ireland. Although he agreed to leave the country he never did. Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the high-profil...

The families of Bloody Sunday victims are angry that Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service has failed to challenge former paratrooper Soldier F’s anonymity and that the public will continue to know neither his name nor face. Outspoken Michael McKinney, a brother of victim William who was murdered on January 30th 1972, has led a chorus of criticism against the PPS and the fact that it didn’...

A heartbroken mum is taking her fight for tougher prison sentences for drug dealers to the government. Pauline Duddy’s 21-year-old daughter Jasmine died from a suspected drug overdose despite getting clean time and again. Since her death, her mum has dedicated her life to campaigning for more jail time for the dealers who she says “are murdering our young people”. The Derry woman speaks to me and...

A Dutch court has convicted and sentenced six men in connection with the murder of the well-known crime reporter and TV presenter Peter R De Vries. But sentences of life requested by the prosecution in the trial were not handed down to those charged as the court said that after a grinding three-year trial a motive for De Vries death had not been proved. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the sent...

The house of murder accused turned state witness Jonathan Dowdall has gone on the market with a hefty price tag as he prepares for his release from jail and a new life once he signs off the programme. In a sign that his days as a witness which saw him give against Gerry The Monk Hutch found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne are firmly over the Dublin home with an asking price of just under €...

Sean ‘The Fixer’ Fitzgerald staged a dirty protest at the funeral of veteran criminal Fran ‘The Lamb’ Cunningham when he smeared excrement over a photographer's car. Nicola speaks with snapper Ernie Leslie who was bemused and disgusted by The Fixer's successful efforts to get himself back into the news. And we discuss the media's chequered history with the 78-year-old who has regularly made headli...

The history of organised crime in the US and the rise of the mafia is a story that is intrinsically linked to the party capital of Las Vegas where mobsters mixed with celebrities to launder their dirty money. Myths and legends surround the mob's arrival in Vegas and their takeover of the legal gambling industry that turned it into a playground for the rich and famous. But the real story of Las Veg...

The childhood home of the Kinahan brothers Daniel and Christopher Jnr has been re-occupied in recent months nearly 10 years after they regularly stayed there. The Oliver Bond flat which is a local authority premises has remained in the tenancy of relatives of Boylan, who was the first wife of Christopher Kinahan Snr, since her death in 2014. Nicola speaks with Crime Correspondent Ken Foy about the...

Journalist Tanya Fowles was so concerned when she heard that showjumper Katie Simpson had been taken to hospital after an apparent suicide attempt by the known domestic abuser Jonathan Creswell that she repeatedly phoned police to inform them of her concerns that there was more to the story than met the eye. Tanya, an award winning court reporter based in Northern Ireland, couldn’t believe that Cr...

Kinahan cartel enforcer and money launderer Johnny Morrissey has been released on bail in Spain after almost two years behind bars facing trial for washing euro 200 million of the mobs dirty money. Morrissey who was sanctioned by the US treasury along with Kinahan Snr and his sons Daniel and Christopher Jnr, posed for a photograph to celebrate his release with smoking a cigar and pouring a glass o...

A hunt to track down a people smuggler convicted in Belgium and believed to be responsible for making millions on the backs of the misery of many. A trail that leads two investigators right into the heart of Iraq and the compound which is home to some of the countries wealthiest officials. Nicola speaks to the BBC’s Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie about efforts To Catch a Scorpion and their incredible...

It was the savage murder which brought home the reality of the horrors of gangland crime to the Irish public. Anthony Campbell was a hard working 20 year old plumber when he was murdered by gunmen who feared leaving a witness to their execution of drugs trafficker Martin 'Marlo' Hyland. The unsolved murders are the focus of a new six part serial podcast called "Caught In The Crossfire" from the Cr...

A married Irish couple who became viral social media sensations for all the wrong reasons have been jailed for a string of so-called 'dine and dash' crimes. Ann and Bernard McDonagh lived the high-life eating slap-up meals in a series of top quality restaurants across Wales - before fleeing out the door without paying.   But the Co Mayo duo got their just deserts when CCTV footage was po...

Evil Jonathan Creswell controlled, bullied and terrified three women who helped cover up for him after he claimed he had assaulted Katie Simpson before he said she committed suicide. Creswell staged the supposed suicide to hide a vicious attack and rape on the 21 year old showjumper which caused her death. Rose De Montmorency Wright, Jill Robinson and Hayley Robb have pleaded guilty to charges aro...

Crack cocaine seizures are on the increase and health watch dogs are warning an epidemic amongst users of the drug which devastated the US during the 1980s. So is the highly addictive substance the new heroin and how are community groups coping with its spread. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the drug and its effects on the health and mental wellbeing of users. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

It’s the BBC drama which has reflected some of the true underbelly of Northern Ireland’s criminal world. Nicola speaks to Sunday World reporter Roisin Gorman about what it is that Blue Lights has done right. They discuss the series which follows the careers of three PSNI recruits and which delves into collusion, corruption and all types of criminality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

A 32 year old man with 133 previous convictions jumped from a bus to join a mob who’d surrounded two Gardai. Lee McDonnell was arrested and charged after he tried to hit one of the officers policing a funeral in Ballyfermot two years ago. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the chaotic and dangerous career of a criminal with arrested development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

***This episode was originally published in June 2022*** It is a story that reads like the plot from a Hollywood movie and punches right into the heart of one of the most secretive regimes in the world. Hackers from the so-called ‘Lazarus Group’ first shut down Sony Studios when it attempted to screen a movie about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and then went on to attempt a daring theft of $1bi...

Pablo Escobar hid his in the cavity walls of his vast mansions. Daniel Kinahan and his pals in Dubai use crypto trading platforms and secretive underworld banking systems that move millions across the globe in seconds. But one thing that hasn’t changed in the cash-rich world of organised crime is the need to wash the dirty money. Nicola speaks with author and expert speaker Geoff White whose new b...

A racket as children as young as 12 vandalise building sites. Contractors forced to pay protection money to senior career criminals Derek Dee Dee O’Driscoll and his enforcer David Reilly. And a county council holding the public purse string stuck in the middle. Now a report says nobody is to blame but has yet to be published in full. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the sensation story uncovered...