Jailed Kinahan hitman tells court use of phone data breached privacy

Caolan Smyth was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attempted murder of Hutch gang member James Gately in May 2017.

A man convicted for the attempted murder of James ‘Mago’ Gately has persuaded the Supreme Court to hear arguments that the use of mobile phone data to secure his conviction was a breach of his right to privacy.

Caolan Smyth, 31, formerly of Cuileann Court, Donore, Co Meath, was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2021 after pleading not guilty to the attempted murder of Mr Gately in north Dublin on May 10, 2017.