A gunman for the Kinahan organised crime group who tried to murder a rival Hutch gang member seven years ago has today lost an appeal in the Supreme Court against the use of phone data to convict him.
Caolan Smyth, aged 33, from Cuileann Court, Donore in County Meath, is serving 20 years in prison for shooting the rival Hutch gang member James Gately five times on 10 May 2017.
The court found the use of phone metadata as evidence to secure convictions against Smyth and a second man Gary McAreavey was lawful.
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