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

Niall Donald· Host0:00

[gentle music] Sean McGovern carried a Sudoku puzzle book and a copy of George Orwell's 1984 as he appeared in court and made his case for a lesser sentence. The Kinane lieutenant was described as a caring and generous father in court as he was allowed introduce references on his behalf. Today, I'm speaking to Eamon Dillon about McGovern's demeanor in court and the sentence he is likely to receive. I'm Niall Donald, and this is Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com. So you're just back from court, Eamon, where we, I suppose, heard the mitigation, uh, on behalf of Sean McGovern, um, who was due to be sentenced, obviously, as we've spoken about a number of times this week, uh, for his role in the murder of Noel 'Duckie' Kieran on behalf of the Kinane cartel. Today, his defense got their chance, I suppose, to put before the court any reasons why they might, uh, reduce the sentence or give him a lesser sentence when, when he's finally given that t- that tariff. I mean, some of the, the, the issues that they brought up were, like, it's, it's kind of almost the, uh, the, the very standard defense, isn't it? He was a talented young sportsman as a, as a kid.

Eamon Dillon· Guest1:15

Yeah, it was the bingo card of mitigation.

Niall Donald· Host1:17

Yes, yeah.

Eamon Dillon· Guest1:18

You would've, you would've got a full house today.

Niall Donald· Host1:19

Yeah, so obviously, um, uh, you know, if you're in Dublin, it tends to be he was a talented footballer who could have played in England. And sometimes in the country, it was a, a GAA... He was a talented