{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/6a83141d8f25007fc34e319c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Drug debt intimidation: Gangster jailed for conspiracy to murder innocent mechanic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/1786975928101-6f87b770-cb65-4776-a337-95f8bedd52a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Innocent mechanic Thomas McDonnell had his life turned upside down when two men told him his son owed a €100,000 drug debt.</p><p>If he didn’t pay up there would be retribution, he was told. Months later, a gunman shot him repeatedly at his place of work. </p><p>His life was only saved when a gun jammed but in the years since, the victim has served his own sentence away from family and his home as he continues to fear for his life.</p><p>So what can we learn from the jailing of Jason Dunne and Craig Hayes, who got seven and a half years for conspiring to murder McDonnell? </p><p>Should such sentences be reformed to reflect the seriousness of such cases of drug debt intimidation?</p><p>Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon.</p>","author_name":"Crime World"}