The Supreme Court has heard that John Gilligan isn’t asserting an interest in two of three properties he’s trying to stop the State from selling.
The convicted drug dealer, along with his former wife and two children, are trying to overturn orders that they were bought from the proceeds of crime.
John Gilligan’s infamous Jessbrook equestrian centre was taken from him and sold after a court ruled it was bought with the proceeds of crime. Similar orders were made in relation to an adjoining property and two others in Dublin.
In 2011, the family went to the High Court where they unsuccessfully claimed that the properties were bought from legitimate earnings.
John Gilligan was released from prison two years later after spending 17 years behind bars for drug trafficking.
He has been in Supreme Court for the past two days trying to convince the five-judge panel to overturn the High Court’s decision.
He claims he wasn’t given an opportunity to challenge the original application to seize his assets.
