Notorious Gucci Gang leader Mark Salmon jailed for 10 years

Nicola Tallant· Host0:00

[gentle music] A Gucci gang leader who threatened a woman that he would have her son raped if they didn't pay up an alleged debt has been jailed for 10 years. Mark Salmon rose to prominence in the notorious North Dublin mob after a number of high-profile members were shot dead and others were imprisoned. Today, I'm talking with Eamon Dillon about the ordinary working dad who secretly operated as a monstrous criminal thug. You're listening to Crimeworld, a podcast from crimeworld.com. Eamon, you were in court today for the sentencing of Mark Salmon, described as a Gucci gang leader, who was initially charged with directing an organized crime group, but has pleaded guilty at the Special scr- Criminal Court to somewhat lesser charges, nonetheless serious charges, threats to kill, drug trafficking, and money laundering. So what happened? What did he, what sentence did he receive?

Eamon Dillon· Guest0:55

Well, that was the, the key takeaway, I guess, um, was 10 years. So I mean, that, that was, th- it was taking kind of, um, three sets of offenses into consideration. Um, and it was, it was actually a consecutive sentence. So the headline sentence was initially 16 years.

Nicola Tallant· Host1:09

Mm-hmm.

Eamon Dillon· Guest1:09

And then there was the 25% for the pleading guilty, which explains why guys in the Special Criminal Court plead guilty. Um, and then taking into account his personal mitigation, which includes, you know, the report from the governor, the, the testimonials from family and all the rest, and the, the, he- his own, his apology that he made, um, was further reduced then to a total sentence of 10 years-