Graham "The Wig" Whelan, is one of the country's most notorious gangland criminals that pleaded the last mid-year.
Whelan laundered €3,415 and possession of cocaine, cannabis, and a high-end watch at a south Dublin hotel. When he was 17 years old, he was arrested in the Holiday Inn Hotel.
In November 2021, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment, reduced to three years because of his early guilty plea, and 18 months of the sentence was suspended.
Who Is Graham "The Wig" Whelan?
Graham "The Wig" Whelan is an Irish criminal who is part of the Kinahan gang. It's a gang that does drug dealing with convictions for ecstasy and heroin smuggling.
Kinahan cartel associate Graham Whelan has been jailed for 18 months by the Special Criminal Court for money laundering offences and being in possession of €1,200 in cash and a €28,000 watch at a Dublin hotel in 2019 pic.twitter.com/YtqC4ddCPA
When he was arrested in 2000, he was given a six-year sentence. He moved to the UK in 2011 and got connected to Thomas Kavanagh. He is also an Irish criminal and a senior member of the crime organization founded by Christy Kinahan.
In 2016, he was convicted of grievous bodily harm in Spain after a quarrel broke out and sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended. In January 2019, he was arrested in the International Hotel, Ballsbridge.
The 39 years old criminal was pleaded guilty in July 2021 at the Special Criminal Court to participate in the actions of an organized crime group by laundering money for the group.
He was under the possession of €1.2K in cash and a €28K watch, the proceeds of crime at the Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, on January 31, 2019.
Meet Graham Whelan "The Wig" Wife
Graham was married, however, the detail of his wife is not available. In 2020, she took her own life. That is when he got closer to Aoife McGregor as per the searches.
His spouse's suicide detail is not known, however, his partner gave birth to four children. On the other hand, Aoife McGregor left her husband as he did not wish to have more kids.
It is also not shared when Whelan and his wife got married and what led her took her own life. It was a tragic death, and she must be under depression that she took such a step.
Graham Whelan Relationship With Aoife McGregor
Aoife McGregor is the sister of UFC fighter Conor McGregor, paid a 'physical visit' to Portlaoise Prison to visit with Whelan in November 2021.
Conor McGregor's sister Aoife visits money-laundering gang member in prisonhttps://t.co/nZOvDzotP4 pic.twitter.com/7qpjVdFiNv
Graham Whelan and Aoife McGregor are believed to have a close relationship after she broke off with her husband Mak Elliot, in November 2020. Whelan also lost his partner in 2020.
She visited Whelan to the prison as the first visitor since he was caught. Due to covid, inmates were only allowed one physical visit and one video visit per fortnight.
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