Father and son ‘cannot account for funds’

A son and his blind father, both involved in a waste disposal business, had failed to properly account for the source of tens of thousands of euro in their bank accounts during investigations into whether certain monies had been the proceeds of crime, the Court of Appeal said.

Michael Murphy Jr and his father Michael, from 36, Riverview Estate, Tower, Blarney in Co Cork, failed in an appeal against a High Court decision freezing certain cash and two investment bonds worth €30,000 which a judge was satisfied represented the proceeds of crime.

Michael Jr, who has 43 previous convictions, including one for which he was sentenced to six years for possession of firearms, was alleged by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to be involved in drug-dealing, and with a Limerick crime gang.