The gang were paraded for the cameras out the front door of the Criminal Courts of Justice by officers that night, seen smirking and laughing, as they were in the courtroom, despite the prospect of being jailed for life
A trio of Dublin gangsters shocked a courtroom with foul-mouthed outbursts as they were finally jailed for their crimes.
The Hennessey mob’s downfall began with a chaotic court appearance where members hurled abuse at a judge and Gardaí. Dean Fitzsimons, now beginning an eight-and-a-half-year sentence, called Judge Paula Murphy a “slut” as she decided whether to grant him, his father Kenneth and his pals Jason, Devon and Brandon Hennessy bail during a late-night special court appearance last February.
Meanwhile, Jason ‘Jay’ Hennessy Jr interrupted a prosecuting officer who was giving evidence about his ownership of trucks during the bail hearing, throughout which the five thugs laughed and joked.
“They were my father’s trucks so watch what you’re f*cking saying,” Hennessy Jr shouted during proceedings before accusing the officer of “talking b*llocks”.
The gang were paraded for the cameras out the front door of the Criminal Courts of Justice by officers that night, seen smirking and laughing, as they were in the courtroom, despite the prospect of being jailed for life.
On February 12, last year, Barry Moore, an associate of the gang, had been lured to the Hennessys’ headquarters at Sheephill Avenue in Dublin, as the gang believed he was an informant. Moore was tortured over several hours, with the word “rat” branded on his belly with a cattle iron.
They also threatened to rape the former associate, who was left seriously injured from the horrific ordeal. Moore refused to give evidence, and four of the men were ultimately able to plead to a lesser charge of assault causing harm instead of false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm.
Four of the five defendants faced life in prison had the trial gone on. Devon Hennessy, meanwhile, pleaded guilty at an earlier juncture, ultimately securing himself the lesser sentence of just three years.
Still, the arrests of the men for the gruesome attack brought about an abrupt end for the mob, which had ruled the Corduff drugs scene with fear and force for several years.
On Wednesday (March 25), Gang leader Jason Hennessy Jr, 29, received eight and a half years in prison for his role in the brutal attack on Moore. The mobster had become infamous after making an appearance on the Virgin Media documentary ‘Inside the K’, which documented the activities of the brave gardaí policing the area.
In it, Hennessy Jr was seen trying to square up to police, hurling abuse at them. The court heard how his drug gang was embroiled in several feuds, including at one point against Glen Ward, the infamous Finglas-based mobster known as ‘Mr Flashy.’
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The rival gangs had been at odds for some time, with police monitoring threats made by both sides in an increasingly tense feud. In 2023, one such feud the Hennessys were caught up in came to a boiling point when gunman Tristan Sherry barged his way into Browne’s Steakhouse in Blanchardstown and opened fire on Christmas Eve.
Sherry managed to fire several shots at Jason Hennessy Sr, who was enjoying a Christmas meal with family. The head of the Hennessy family was gravely injured and died days later in hospital.
The gunman was set upon by several of the Hennessy gang as they violently kicked, stamped, stabbed and shot him to death. Associates Michael Andrecut, 23, Noah Musueni, 18, and David Amah, 19, were all convicted of Sherry’s murder.
Three others, including Hennessy’s young son Brandon, 22, who has now received a consecutive six year sentence for the attack in Moore, were convicted of violent disorder in relation to the terrifying incident.
Another associate, 19-year-old Juares Kumbu, was jailed for two years for removing the gun from the scene. In the aftermath of the shooting and double murders at Browne’s Steakhouse, officers were conducting round-the-clock patrols in Corduff, to snuff out further retaliation.
Jason Hennessy Jr has been in and out of court over a series of incidents, including in 2018 when he avoided prison with a suspended sentence for violent disorder after the court heard how he reportedly launched an attack in Dublin’s D’Olier Street on May 23, 2015.
One of the victims had been knocked to the ground by a large group of teenagers while walking down the road with his friend. The court was told Hennessy Jr had returned to his car, retrieved a hammer and attacked the man further, causing an injury to the tendons on his fingers and a 4cm head wound requiring stitches.
He and his gang were known for making light of their crimes, often posting pictures and videos to social media in which they brazenly bragged about their criminality.
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