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07.12.2023 - 13:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A crime clan member who stashed more than £1m of dirty money at the home of his ex-River City star sister has been jailed for two years.
Stephen O'Donnell hid the cash mainly in supermarket bags at the house Laura Noble shared with her family in Robroyston, Glasgow. Police went on to find another £76,000 of ill-gotten gains at the 43 year-old's own property in the city's Lambhill.
O'Donnell initially appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow in October alongside his 37 year-old sister, who - under her maiden name - previously played Shellsuit Bob's girlfriend Michelle Rafferty in the BBC Scotland show. The siblings were joined in the dock her husband Brian Noble, also 37.
O'Donnell admitted to two charges under the Proceeds of Crime Act of possessing "criminal property" totalling £1,092,290. The couple had also faced the same accusation in connection to the find at their home, but prosecutors accepted not guilty pleas.
O'Donnell today returned to court to learn his fate. The hearing was told he had got involved after financials issues with his work and the taxman.
Sentencing, Lady Stacey stated: "I am prepared to accept you are remorseful and did not know the sums of money that were to be involved. You involved your sister and her husband (by storing money at their home).
"It is also potentially dangerous and the involvement of your sister is a despicable thing to do. Involving yourself is one thing, but to involve her is another."
The judge said the jail-term would have been three years, but for the guilty plea.
Prosecutor Mark Mohammed KC told the hearing in October: "Between April 8 and 23 20202, O'Donnell collected and stored money on behalf of a known organised crime group. They had substantial assets and was
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