Define crime, McGeever asks court

Former developer Kevin McGeever, who faked his own kidnapping, has denied he bought his Galway mansion with the proceeds of crime.

“Define crime”, he asked during a court hearing into whether he has the means to pay a €1.17m judgment debt registered against him last year by investor James Byrne over a Dubai property sold by Mr McGeever’s KMM Intel Properties.

He claimed the reported €4.5m he paid to buy and refurbish the mansion he named Nirvana in Craughwell, Co Galway, came from 30 years of working every day and not drinking or smoking.