Limerick criminal who nailed man to kitchen floor jailed for holding proceeds of crime

The 40-year-old was extradited from Alicante in Spain last December and pleaded guilty to laundering €4,780 as the proceeds of criminal behaviour

Gerard Mackin was jailed for three-and-a-half years after being caught with money and two phones that were the proceeds of crime. File picture

A notorious Limerick criminal with a previous conviction for nailing a man to a kitchen floor has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being caught with money and two phones that were the proceeds of crime.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt at the Special Criminal Court said that Gerard Mackin handled the money "in the context of some form of serious organised criminality in the Limerick area". While the sum of money, €4,780, was "at the lower end of the scale" the judge said the circumstances were not and Mackin's previous conviction for assault causing harm is "relevant to this case in that it explains the background against which the proceeds of crime in this case were handled".