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Eamon Dillon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2002 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Yeah.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

And then the mitigation should kick in after that.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Then there'd be remission, so he'd serve 12.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

And then obviously he may have served some time in Dubai.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Yeah, well, that actually came up as well.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

You know, they said they'd like it backdated as well, which means he'd serve 11 years.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

And it was mentioned that, you know, well, he should get extra credit for Dubai because it's particularly onerous conditions.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

But that was actually countered then by Dominic McGinn, counsel for the state, who says, well...

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

If he spent time there, it was pretty much his own fault because he resisted the extradition.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

So as for that, not to be taken into account.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Yeah, what happened was, now they weren't read out in court, but there was a number of testimonials made available to the court.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

So these were basically handed to the three, the

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

the three judges and they're also going to consider all the transcripts from Mondays and you know so they're going to read through everything again and they'll come to their decision so they're asked to take into account these testimonials and one of them was from his mother which we heard in it she speaks of you know as any mother would as you know from her point of view how he was very much involved in the soccer scene underage he was very talented he suffered the loss of his father and he'd been very close to him and he used to attend all these matches

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

and that he is the father of two girls and a committed father.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Now he's father-in-law as well,

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

acknowledged that he was this, you know, McGovern was with his daughter for the last 18 years and always presented as a caring and generous father.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

And then his partner, who he knows, Anita Freeman, her name wasn't mentioned in court.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

And she apparently in this testimonial talks about the history of the relationship, about the turmoil in their lives.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

Now, it is said that, you know, they totally acknowledge that the Kirwins are the victim in this.

Crime World
Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?

They're not the victims.