Lavish wedding of mobster’s moll as couple spent tens of thousands on blow-out at Scots castle
18.09.2022 - 07:18
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The woman behind a vodka firm said to be a front for an international money laundering ring married her mobster husband in a lavish bash at a Scots castle. Gangster’s moll Nicola Morrissey’s life of luxury homes, designer clothing and expensive cars came crashing down last week when she was thrown into a Spanish prison cell over alleged links to an organised crime gang.
The Sunday Mail can reveal the 47-year-old Glaswegian tied the knot with husband Johnny Morrissey at five-star Dundas Castle – spending tens of thousands on the bash, with guests flown in from their home in Marbella. The castle in South Queensferry is where stars such as Travis guitarist Andy Dunlop and James Buckley who plays “Jay” in the Inbetweeners have wed.
Nicola wore a designer wedding dress and called it her “special day” while Johnny posed for pics in a kilt. Police believe their lifestyle has been funded by criminal activity with £173million of dirty money moved across the world by Johnny in one year.
The couple were arrested in Marbella on Monday in a police swoop linked to international Irish crime gang, the Kinahans. In April, Johnny, 62, was named as a key aide to the crime family by authorities in the US, who have put up a $5million reward for information leading to their arrest.
Spanish police said Nicola’s firm, Nero Drinks Company, which sells so-called premium vodka, was a front to hide Johnny’s alleged criminal activity on behalf of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group (KOGC). Accounts for the firm show in the last year it made a loss of nearly £300,000 – despite a series of celebrity endorsements.
Police branded Nero a “front company” after arresting Nicola and Johnny, insisting there was no way it could be financing the couple’s
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