Adjournment granted pending outcome of appeal by Lynn against five-and-a-half year sentence
Michael Lynn: The court heard the DPP has concerns certain property may be linked to monies believed to have been stolen by Lynn. Photograph: Collins CourtsThe court was previously told property in Portugal worth €3 million and three bank accounts containing a total of €2.
8 million are among assets possibly linked to Lynn’s crimes. A house inPancreatic cancer: ‘I just can’t explain what it felt like hearing those words’‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’ Under the Criminal Justice Act 1994, the court can sanction an inquiry into assets where it appears to the DPP that a person may have benefited from a crime they committed or where the assets may be connected to the offence. The court was told assets in Portugal were frozen before Lynn was arrested after being extradited from Brazil in 2018 to face trial, for which he was granted legal aid. Under the 1994 Act, a court can order a convicted person to pay such sums as the court thinks fit because they have been deemed to have benefited from their offending. As part of the process, the court can order the convicted person to respond to accusations about, and give reasons for, their denial that the assets are linked to their crimes. The court was told the DPP has concerns certain property may be linked to monies believed to have been stolen by Lynn from six banks during the property boom. The house in Brittas, the court was told, is owned by a company, the officers of which “are very strongly linked” to Lynn. The former solicitor was jailed by Judge Nolan in February 2024 for five-and-a-half years after a jury found him guilty in December 2023 of 10 out of 21 charges involving the theft of €17.5 million from six banks in 2006 and 2007. Lynn later applied to have his appeal against sentence heard before his conviction appeal. The wider Garda inquiry into Lynn that led to the convictions involved more than €80 million. The offences involved Lynn, who became a property developer during the property boom, making multiple loan applications to banks using the same properties as collateral. The bulk of the money subject of the Garda investigation has not been recovered.Cork dog breeder warned by judge that he may face jail over his neglect of dogs and pups at his homeOnline travel agencies ‘substantially overcharging’ for Ryanair services, court hears‘Nobody took any responsibility whatsoever’: Widow had to pay €70,000 to fix wall damaged by river ‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’ Trump inauguration as it happened: ‘We will be the envy of every nation,’ Donald Trump says as he becomes 47th US presidentTrump inauguration as it happened: ‘We will be the envy of every nation,’ Donald Trump says as he becomes 47th US presidentCork dog breeder warned by judge that he may face jail over his neglect of dogs and pups at his home
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