Episode 1240: 'Fat' Andy Connors' €3 million mansion ready to hit the market

A brutal hostage scenario in an Irish prison is averted when skilled prison officers stand down the threat.Nicola talks with Crime World's Patrick O’Connell about the incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Tammi 13min

The widow of gangland banker ‘Fat’ Andy Connors has posed at his lavish grave on the anniversary of his murder.Ann Connors has faced trouble with the Criminal Assets Bureau, claimed false PUP payments during Covid and once turned her home into an illegal rental site to make ends meet.But posing in a fur coat beside the grave that remembers the leader of a home robbery gang as 'Big Fat Rich Andy Connors', she smiles for the cameras.Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the widow Connors and her trouble with the law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Tammi 17min

Three Galway brothers are named as part of a major drug network supplying the tourism heart of Ireland as details of their cruel use of free slave labor emerges. Today Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about Gary Ward and his band of brothers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Tammi 16min

He was an unknown when he was picked up by gardaí with a large heroin consignment back in 2001, but in the past two decades Brian Grendon has really been placed on the gangland map.The head of the group known as 'The Family' is now facing sentence on tax offences and a file is currently with the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration of serious gangland charges.Today, Nicola and Niall are talking about Grendon and his rise to fame. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Tammi 17min

He' s the teacher who has spent more than 550 days in prison in protest against a court order.But is Enoch Burke a saint or a sinner, and who are his contemporaries who have done porridge for their beliefs?Today, on Nicola's first day back after a lengthy hiatus, she speaks with Niall Donald about Enoch and what happens next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Tammi 22min

Jonathan Creswell's suicide denied Katie Simpson's loved ones the opportunity for a murder trial. Despite Creswell’s death, the subsequent sentencing of three co-conspirators—Jill Robinson, Hayley Robb, and Rose De Montmorency-Wright—for charges related to the cover-up allowed the judge to confirm that Creswell was a "skilled and predatory abuser" with an "established pattern" of abuse against women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Tammi 27min

Detective Sergeant James Brannigan's new investigation team finally made progress by assembling expert evidence contradicting Jonathan Creswell's story, culminating in Brannigan's team arresting Creswell, and charging him with Katie's murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Tammi 30min

After delays and months of inaction by the PSNI, Detective Sergeant James Brannigan finally begins the investigation into Katie Simpson's death, and starts to uncover Jonathan Creswell's lies about Katie's supposed suicide attempt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Tammi 32min