Thomas “Slab” Murphy found guilty of tax evasion
Leading Republican convicted of all nine charges of failing to comply with tax laws
Prominent Irish republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy has been found guilty of tax evasion.
The 66-year-old, from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, Co Louth, a farm that straddles the border with Northern Ireland, denied nine charges of failing to comply with tax laws in the Irish Republic
Following a 32-day trial at the three judge Special Criminal Court in Dublin, Murphy was convicted on all nine charges.
The prosecution alleged the farmer did not furnish authorities with a return of income, profits or gains or the sources of them over eight years from 1996 to 2004.
Judge Paul Butler, presiding in the non-jury court, remanded Murphy on continuing bail ahead of sentencing.
“The court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that in the case of each of the individual accounts on the indictment the accused is guilty,” he told the court.
The sentencing issue will be mentioned in court on February 12.
