‘Exotic’ lifestyle of James ‘Mago’ Gately was subsidised by crime proceeds, judge rules

Alleged Hutch associate James ‘Mago’ Gately and his partner subsidised their “exotic” lifestyle with crime proceeds, a High Court judge has found.

Ruling on Wednesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens concluded that the family home of Mr Gately and Charlene Lam at Glynn Drive, Coolock, Dublin, was purchased and renovated to a “very high standard” with funds that were “overwhelmingly” crime proceeds.

A Volkswagen Golf and a Rolex watch, which the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized in 2019, were also likely purchased with crime proceeds, he said.

The judge said the couple were “virtually never in the State”, but rather spent their time in airport terminals and on cruises of the South Seas and the Caribbean. He believed all of this was funded with proceeds of crime.

His findings in the CAB’s case are based on the civil standard of proof, which is the “balance of probabilities”.

The bureau claimed Mr Gately is heavily involved in organised crime and its barrister,…

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