Crime World
Episodes
Episode 582: The life and crimes of Lee McDonnell
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 32 year old man with 133 previous convictions jumped from a bus to join a mob who’d surrounded two Gardai.Lee McDonnell was arrested and charged a...
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The truth behind North Korea's cyber-crime gang 'The Lazarus Group'
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
***This episode was originally published in June 2022***It is a story that reads like the plot from a Hollywood movie and punches right into the heart...
Episode 581: Money laundering and the infamous Black Axe gang
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pablo Escobar hid his in the cavity walls of his vast mansions. Daniel Kinahan and his pals in Dubai use crypto trading platforms and secretive underw...
Episode 580: Derek ‘Dee Dee’ O’Driscoll’s building site money racket
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A racket as children as young as 12 vandalise building sites. Contractors forced to pay protection money to senior career criminals Derek Dee Dee O’...
Episode 579: Two men charged in connection to murder of Keane Mulready-Woods
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 578: Will the cases against Nathan McDonnell and James Leen be heard in the Special Criminal Court?
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Special Criminal Court will likely hear the cases against Tralee businessman Nathan McDonnell and his co-accused James Leen surrounding their link...
Episode 577: CAB raids on properties related to Ireland's 'biggest cocaine logistics' gang
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Significant Criminal Assets Bureau raids carried out on more than 20 properties this week centre on an investigation into a Donegal man and his Dublin...
Episode 576: The tragic death of Eddie Hutch Jnr
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The son of murdered Eddie Hutch Snr has been found dead in the house where his father was gunned down in yet another tragedy for the wider Hutch famil...
Episode 575: Baby Reindeer - the truth about stalkers and their victims
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Baby Reindeer phenomenon has cast a light on the dangerous world of stalkers and their victims but how accurate is the Netflix show and what perso...
Introducing: Caught In The Crossfire
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Campbell didn’t stand a chance. It was December 2006 and Anthony was working as an apprentice plumber in Dublin when he found himself in the...
Episode 574: OAP goes to prison for false personal injury claims including slip on cabbage leaf
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
74 year old Winnie Lawrence pocketed more than €20,000 after making false personal injury claims but now she has gone to jail for her crimes.Nicola ...
Episode 573: Daniel Kinahan's wife Caoimhe Robinson and her links to the Cartel's money laundering operation
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gangsters moll Caoimhe Robinson has become the face of Kinahan money laundering after a massive investigation uncovered her role buying and selling pr...
Episode 572: Europe’s most dangerous criminal gangs
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Europe is in the grip of 821 serious organised crime groups with 25,000 members who between them carve up the most dangerous drug dealing, people traf...
Episode 571: Criminal Dean Thornton releases rap song about Drogheda feud
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Drogheda feud member, convicted of a brutal abduction and torture, has launched his rap career with a highly produced music video about crime and ca...
Episode 570: Was gangland gun victim Josh Itseli killed by accident?
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gangland gun victim Josh Itseli may have been killed by accident when members of his own gang rented a high powered weapon to threaten rivals.Gardai b...
Episode 569: Dublin's new portal to New York stirs up chaos
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A portal on Dublin’s Talbot Street linked to a Snazzy Manhattan district, secrets of Las Vegas staying in Sin City and a particularly Irish sense of...
Episode 568: Three Irish men accused of breaking into 60 homes in Melbourne
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three Irish men have appeared in court charged with allegedly stealing €1million worth of cash and jewellery during a burglary spree in Australia.Th...
Episode 567: The dark and sinister life of Jonathan Creswell
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He was the woman-beater and killer who hid in plain sight behind his role as a horse trainer and showjumping star.Jonathan Creswell was found dead las...
Episode 566: The complex web of underworld figures who wanted Robbie Lawlor dead
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Irishman has been arrested in Liverpool and flown to Belfast where he is being questioned in connection with the murder of Robbie Lawlor.One of the...
Episode 565: Suspected Eddie Hutch gunman Trevor Byrne faces security risk during hospital visit
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Suspected hitman Trevor Byrne had to be protected in hospital recently after he was taken for treatment from prison where he is serving...
Episode 564: Robert ‘Roo’ Redmond - The making of a hitman
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gangland killer Robert ‘Roo’ Redmond has admitted his role in the murder of father of one Jordan Davis who was shot dead by hitman Wayne...
Episode 563: Andy Cash - The triple murder that devastated a family and a community
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Cash was told "no amount of time in jail" will justify his actions as he was given three life sentences for the brutal murder of his three siblin...
Episode 562: Murder on the streets of Dublin - The first gangland gun victim of 2024
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 20-year-old man has become the first gangland gun victim of 2024 after he was brutally murdered in Drimnagh on Monday.Josh Itseli was shot with an A...
Episode 561: The key characters of the Drogheda feud and where they are now
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drogheda feud heavy Brendan Maguire is in jail in the UK and extradition proceedings have begun to return him to Ireland.Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon...
Episode 560: James Steele's campaign of terror and Ireland's new anti-stalking laws
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A stalker whose campaign of terror helped forced Ireland's politicians to change our laws is back on the streets after being released from prison.Jame...
Episode 559: Ireland’s most baffling missing persons case - Couple vanish without trace
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
t’s one of Ireland’s most baffling mysteries. An ordinary couple leave their ordinary Cork home on a regular day never to be seen again.And thirty...
Episode 558: Child snatched from a pram on a Dublin Street
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A child is snatched from a pram on a Dublin Street.Quick thinking passerby intervene and a man is arrested at the scene.Nicola talks to Niall Donald a...
Episode 557: Love triangle murder accused and his links to Ireland’s asylum system
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Love triangle murder accused Peter Dube is set to go on trial in Zimbabwe for a double murder and the attempted murder of his wife and ...
Episode 556: Serial killers and modern policing
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are serial killers a thing of the past? Or have they simply reinvented themselves in the modern world? And why are we so fascinated with them. Nicola ...
Episode 555: Murder at Lordship - Inside the Hunt for a Detective's Killer
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2013 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered as he carried out a routine cash escort duty at the Lordship Credit Union in Dundalk in Lo...
Episode 554: Notorious killer John Dundon appeals conviction for murder of innocent rugby player
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Killer John Dundon is appealing his conviction for the murder of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick more than 10 years a...
Episode 553: How CAB are returning crime proceeds to the public purse
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The hard-pressed Irish taxpayer got a boost this week after the homes of three notorious gangland criminals were sold off at auction. The Criminal Ass...
Episode 552: The Stardust disco - Four decades of injustice
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust disco brought to an end four decades of injustice.It was a ...
Episode 551: Dreams in Incarceration and the incredible life of David Spivey
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Irish writer Cillian Dunne delved into the murky world of LA’s underworld and its notorious Cripps and Blood mobs when he met a former gang member w...
Episode 550: The life and death of heroin kingpin Tony Felloni
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The heroin dealer who was dubbed King Scum because he flooded Dublin with the drug in the 1980s and 1990s has died aged 81.Notorious Tony Felloni pass...
Episode 549: Daniel Kinahan and rumours of his ongoing involvement in boxing
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sanctioned mob boss Daniel Kinahan has been branded a ‘super conman’ by the boxing icon who once sang his praises.Legendary Top Rank Promotions Ch...
Episode 548: Michael O'Loughlin - Northern Ireland's first successful Encrochat case
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Galway criminal who was the first to be charged under Ireland’s gangland legislation has made history again after he pleaded guilty to a string of...
Episode 548: Controversial prison sentencing
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sentencing for sex offenders has been thrown into debate after a shocking case of the sex assault of a baby resulted in a four year prison sentence.Ni...
Episode 547: The mysterious disappearance of Marion Barter
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When news editor Alison Sandy began investigating the sinister disappearance of Marion Barter for a podcast series she did not know where the story wo...
Episode 546: CAB win four-year long court battle against drug dealer David Waldron
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drug dealer David Waldron's links to some of the country's most notorious criminals were revealed as he finally lost his mammoth legal battle with CAB...
Episode 545: 1 year since Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walked free after the Regency Trial
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a year to the day that Gerry The Monk Hutch walked free from the Special Criminal Court after he was found not guilty of the murder of David By...
Episode 544: The story of former fugitive Michael Lynn
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He was the Celtic tiger pin up boy - a solicitor and property speculator who smooth talked customers and lived the high life while all the while steal...
Episode 543: Inside Christopher ‘Git’ Waldron's former home in Cabra
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The high spec house of criminal Christopher ‘Git’ Waldron is to go under the hammer later this month after the Criminal Assets Bureau settled thei...
Episode 542: Million Dollar Lover - the wealthy elderly woman who fell for a homeless former meth addict
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BBC producer Sue Mitchell literally stumbled upon a story on her doorstep when a homeless former meth addict washed up in a California town and fell i...
Episode 541: The death of Michael Dwyer and his mother's fight for justice
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Irishman Michael Dwyer was shot dead 15 years ago by special forces in Bolivia who later smeared his good name and claimed he was there to assassinate...
Episode 540: Nathan McDonnell sharing prison wing with notorious criminals
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Businessman Nathan McDonnell who has been charged in connection with the discovery of €32.8 million worth of crystal meth at Cork Port is being hous...
Episode 539: Inside Ross Browning's former Garristown home
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A public auction to be held later this month will see the one time home of Kinahan lieutenant Ross Browning go under the hammer after it was seized by...
Episode 538: 'Queen of The Con' Marianne Smyth to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An American con artist made famous by the hit podcast Queen of the Con is facing extradition to Northern Ireland after a fraud victim turned the table...
Episode 537: The life and crimes of Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He was a rogue Republican who was thrown out of the IRA, had a brief dalliance with the INLA and someone who lurched around other dissident groupings ...
Episode 536: The alleged crimes of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Federal Agents with US Homeland Security raided two of rapper Sean Diddy Combs mansions in LA and Miami his career at the top of the hip hop scen...
Episode 535: Weapons, Stash houses and Mugshots
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple gun seizures made this week have been linked to the Family organised crime group while a series of drugs and cash raids have meant it’s bee...
Episode 534: Christy Kinahan Snr - Culinary reviewer or cunning liar?
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of restaurant and hotel reviews are left by Christy Kinahan Snr on a review system set up by Google.The reviews purport to geotrack the phone...
Episode 533: The luxurious life of CAB target Yan Yan Fan
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An Aladdin’s Cave of luxury items is seized from a woman allegedly linked to a Chinese drugs gang.Now the Criminal Assets Bureau are looking for a c...
Episode 532: The tragic murder of Sarah McNally in a New York bar
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The boyfriend of an Irish woman stabbed to death in a New York bar has now been charged with her murder.As friends and family were told of the horrifi...
Episode 531: What was found on the phone of Hutch associate James Mago Gately following Encrochat hack
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hutch organisation loyalist James ‘Mago’ Gately has been linked to the gangland assassinations of David Byrne and Eamon The Don Dunne for the firs...
Episode 530: Nathan McDonnell refused bail over crystal meth charges
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Businessman Nathan McDonnell is to appeal a decision to refuse him bail after the High Court heard his father was offering 100,000 of his life savings...
Episode 529: The life and crimes of Scott Delaney
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He is the son of notorious gangland killer ‘Cotton Eye’ Joe Delaney and was convicted himself as an accessory to murder.But today Scott Delaney wh...
Episode 528: DUP leader resigns following historical sex offence charges
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The leader of the DUP Jeffrey Donaldson sensationally resigned after being charged with historical sex offences.Nicola and Niall Donald speak to Belfa...
Episode 527: Inside Merchants Quay - Dublin’s Drug use and homelessness support service
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He is the CEO of Merchants Quay Ireland with a lengthy career behind him in the prison service making him perfectly placed to understand and empathise...
Episode 526: Tensions continue between associates of slain gangsters Jason Hennessy Snr and Tristian Sherry
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions have continued to simmer in the feud between associates of murdered Jason Hennessy and Tristan Sherry with houses burned out and fears attack...
Episode 525: The kidnap and rescue of a Belfast-based sport star
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A suspected drug dealer is bundled into a car in Belfast and driven across the border to Dublin amid allegations he owes a senior criminal figure a de...
Episode 524: Senior Kinahan cartel lieutenant Peadar Keating fights extradition to the UK
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Encrochat phone hack evidence has been heard for the first time in an Irish court as Senior Cartel member Peadar Keating fights extradition to the UK ...
Episode 523: Serial con-artist Samantha Cooke duped Kildare family
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A serial fraudster was employed by a family in Kildare as a live in au pair after being outed on a hit podcast and in a series of newspaper articles a...
Episode 522: Republicans Colin Duffy and Henry Fitzsimons acquitted of terrorism charges
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two republicans Colin Duffy and Henry Fitzsimons have been acquitted of terrorism charges following a long-running trial at Belfast Crown Court. Earli...
Episode 521: 10 men charged in connection with West Cork drug investigation
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ten men were brought before courts in Cork yesterday charged with conspiracy to import drugs into Ireland.Six Spanish nationals, one Serbian, two Dutc...
Episode 520: Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley faces CAB repossession of his home
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran gangster Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley is facing having his house repossessed to pay off a massive Criminal Assets Bureau bill which has grown ...
Episode 519: The death of Garda killer and IRA volunteer Pearse McAuley
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IRA killer Pearse McAuley lived a life of violence as an IRA volunteer and later as a prison bully and a brutal domestic abuser.Found dead aged 59 at ...
Episode 518: The drug-less drug investigation in West Cork
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A suspected drugs gang with possible links to Hezbollah militants remain in custody as Gardaí continue to investigate an alleged drugs plot off the W...
Episode 517: Rose Dugdale - A stolen masterpiece and an unlikely thief
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
***EPISODE ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN JANUARY 2022***Detective Anthony Amore hunts stolen art and follows clues all over the world hunting priceless maste...
Episode 516 : How a respected Garda's career was nearly destroyed for lending a bike to a pensioner
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was an act of kindness during lockdown that ended up nearly costing an honest garda of his career.In May 2020, an officer took a bike fro...
Episode 515: The crimes of serial child abuser Bill Kenneally
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Serial child abuser Bill Kenneally sparked outrage when he joked and laughed through testimony at a public inquiry this week.Kenneally appea...
Episode 514: Amanda Brown and her abuse at the hands of stepfather David Tweed
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Brown's stepfather David Tweed began sexually abusing her at an early age. For years, she knew the real monster behind the man who presented hi...
Episode 513: Life on Talbot Street - Dublin City's crime street
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is one advantage to working for a newspaper on Dublin's Talbot Street - you don't have to look hard to find crime. This week, the Sunday World r...
Episode 512: Daniel Kinahan's alleged involvement in the murder of Eddie Hutch Snr
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A file on the murder of Eddie Hutch has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a recommendation that Daniel Kinahan be charged in relat...
Episode 511: Freddie Scappaticci - Kenova Report finds more lives lost than saved
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An interim report into the activities of British Agent Freddie Scappaticci within the Provisional IRA has said that more lives were lost than saved du...
Episode 510: Christopher 'Git' Waldron hands assets over to CAB
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher 'Git' Waldron has had to hand over his home, a second property, cash and designer watches to the Criminal Assests Bureau. He also cla...
Episode 509: The last will and testament of Richie Carberry
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Murder victim Richie Carberry wrote his last will and registered it in September 2018 during the height of the Drogheda feud.Leaving his estate to his...
Episode 508: Barry Young's ex-girlfriend Katie Banks receives suspended sentence
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The former partner of jailed drug lord Barry Young has escaped a prison term after she pleaded guilty to money laundering and facilitating her boyfrie...
Episode 507: The horrifying machete attack at teenage boxing championship in Roscommon
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brutal machete attack at a teenage boxing championship in Roscommon. The father of an U14 champion is targeted and videoed trying to defend himself ...
Episode 506: Who is Tracey Gilligan - the daughter of mobster John Gilligan?
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The daughter of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has issued High Court proceedings over her dole payments which have been stopped since last year.I...
Episode 505: How law enforcement eavesdropped on criminals
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Encrochat phone hack which has resulted in thousands of arrests and convictions across Europe has been described as a pinnacle moment in the fight...
Episode 504: The life and crimes of Real IRA brothers Vinny and Alan Ryan
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eight years after the murder of Real IRA man Vinny Ryan on a Dublin street his comrades have taken to social media to honour him as a ‘republican he...
Episode 503: The grooming of children by drug gangs
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Children are now being radicalised by drug gangs according to new reports from Europol which state that kids as young as 12 are being brainwashed to c...
Episode 502: Jimmy ‘Shades’ Smyth found not guilty following ‘Supergrass’ trial
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A supergrass trial ends in a not guilty verdict.The families of innocent victims Eamon Fox and Gary Convie, two innocent catholic workmen murdered alm...
Episode 501: Ridouan Taghi found guilty following Marengo trial
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Notorious cocaine boss Ridouan Taghi has been jailed for life after a mammoth four year trial in Amsterdam but he leaves behind a legacy of terror tha...
Episode 500: The murder of Anna Finnegan
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A convicted killer has vowed to continue to agitate for his freedom twelve years after he brutally killed 25-year-old mum Anna Finnegan.Vessel Jahiri ...
Episode 499: Kerry men charged for €30 million meth haul appear in court
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two Kerry men charged in relation to the biggest ever haul of crystal meth in the country have appeared in court via video link.Nathan McDonnell, 43, ...
Episode 498: Mr Nobody's sentencing hearing for murder of Noel 'Duck Egg' Kirwan
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The daughter of an innocent man shot dead by the Kinahan Organised Crime Group directed her victim impact statement at the man known as Mr Nobody and ...
Episode 497: 'Red' Larry McCarthy and Limerick's criminal clans
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The fate of Limericks mobsters are being left more and more in the hands of the court as police crackdowns on money launderers, hit teams and even deb...
Episode 496: The life and crimes of former football star Anthony Stokes
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former Republic of Ireland footballer Anthony Stokes is doing porridge in a Scottish jail after handing himself up to police after failing to appear i...
Episode 495: The murder of Hutch associate Jason 'Buda' Molyneaux
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Murdered Hutch associate Jason ‘Buda’ Molyneaux died from gunshot wounds as his mother Liz begged him to be strong.Harrowing evidence was heard at...
Episode 494: The life and crimes of Christy Keane's sister Sandra Hehir
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The sister of gang boss Christy Keane has admitted to money laundering after a court heard that €124,000 in cash was found in her home.Sandra Hehir ...
Episode 493: €30 million worth of meth seized in Cork linked to Irish wing of Sinaloa cartel
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An extraordinary drug seizure of more than €30 million in meth at Cork port has resulted in a number of searches around premises in Kerry, Cork and...
Episode 492: Fentanyl - What is it and will the drug reach Irish shores?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Taliban ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan along with ambitious Mexican Cartels now based in Europe mean experts are forecasting a perfect stor...
Episode 491: Hunting the money launderers - The business of crime
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A network of seemingly legitimate businessmen are under investigation by the Gardai in a massive crackdown on the laundering of dirty money.This week ...
Episode 490: John Mangan and his involvement in the unsolved murder of Martin 'Marlo' Hyland
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A gangster named in court as being involved in the murder of gang boss Martin ‘Marlo’ Hyland and innocent plumber Anthony Campbell is set for rele...
Episode 489: CAB targets Natalie and Edward Chiper's Co Louth mansion
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A stunning mansion in the County Louth countryside called The White House has been identified by the Criminal Assets Bureau in a Proceeds of Crime cas...
Episode 488: Mexico to Kerry - Inside the Irish wing of the Sinaloa Cartel
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Secret files relating to the operations of a County Kerry wing of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel show how they shipped 6 tonnes of cocaine into Europe o...
Episode 487: Freddie Scappaticci and the Kenova report
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Northern Ireland’s much anticipated Kenova Report is set to be released next month after confirmation that no prosecutions are to be pursued.The rep...
Episode 486: Collopy brothers found not guilty of assault after witness retracts statement
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two notorious Limerick brothers were found not guilty of assaulting a sulky driver and causing him harm after he dramatically changed his statement an...