Maxine Wilson has been charged with drunkenness and threatening behaviour
THE sister of gun criminal Alan Wilson has been charged with public drunkenness and threatening and abusive behaviour.
Thug Alan (35) was cleared of the murder of teenager Marioara Rostas on July 31 in the Central Criminal Court.
During his trial, the court heard evidence about how bullets were recovered from the wall of the home of Wilson’s sister, Maxine.
Maxine’s partner, convicted criminal Fergus O’Hanlon, turned State witness and gave evidence in court claiming that Alan murdered the Romanian teen.
But this week, it was Maxine’s turn to come before the judge after she was charged with public order offences.
It is claimed the alleged offences took place at Camden Street, Dublin 2, on August 10 last.
Defence solicitor Matthew de Courcy told Dublin District Court that he was looking for the disclosure of the evidence against Ms Wilson, of New Street Gardens in Dublin 8, as well as any CCTV footage if it is available.
The court heard that Ms Wilson is unemployed and on social welfare.
She has not yet indicated to the court how she will be pleading to the charges but she is expected to enter a plea at the next sitting.
In July, Maxine’s previous home on Brabazon Street in Dublin’s inner city was the centre of a day of crucial evidence given during her brother’s murder trial.
The court heard how she shared the house with her partner, Fergus O’Hanlon, who was a close associate of Alan (pictured above) at the time.
The house had been set on fire weeks after Marioara went missing but two rounds of ammunition and a number of bullet holes were still found in a wall there.
Both Wilson and O’Hanlon were arrested in October 2008 and questioned about the murder, but no more progress was made in the investigation until late 2011.
Then, while being questioned about threats to Sunday World reporter Mick McCaffrey, O’Hanlon offered gardai information on the case and in January 2012 led them to
Kippure, a mountainous area on the Wicklow border. Gardai found the teenager’s body in the shallow grave.
O’Hanlon was then admitted into the witness protection programme, was later granted immunity from prosecution and became the State’s main witness in the trial.
He testified that on January 8, 2008, Alan Wilson showed him a dead girl. O’Hanlon said that they drove up the mountains to Kippure, and the two of them then dug the shallow grave and buried her.
However, O’Hanlon’s evidence regarding Ms Rostas was not accepted in court and on July 31 Alan Wilson was found not guilty of murder.
