Mr Justice Owens threatened to have Marcus Sweeney removed from court for being a nuisance after the restaurateur and socialite continued to seek to re-enter a settled Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) matter. The judge said he had 'no hint nor hair' of what Mr Sweeney was asking the court to do.
Mr Justice Owens says he had read papers submitted but was ‘none the wiser’ on what Mr Sweeney was seekingA High Court judge has told Celtic Tiger restaurateur and socialite Marcus Sweeney that he had “not hint nor hair of what you are on about” and threatened that a duty guard would remove the 47-year-old from the court for “being a nuisance” when seeking to re-enter a Criminal Assets Bureau matter.
The judge said the bureau made out a “very compelling case” for him to rule that there was a “high degree of probability” that the site at Waynestown was acquired by EWM with crime proceeds.If Robert De Niro no longer feels he is able to speak out, one wonders who in the US doesThe Cab alleged Mr Sweeney’s wealth management fund purchased the land for €102,000 using, in part, cash from unknown sources, another investment company and an innocent investor.
At the High Court today, Mr Justice Owens said Mr Sweeney’s Cab case had already been settled, to which Mr Sweeney responded, “The case is not settled as far as I am concerned”.
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