11-05-2025
Infamous gangland killer Cotton Eye' Joe Delaney's jailed son's secret crime past of drugs & gun smuggling raps revealed
THE jailed son of Ireland's first ever convicted gangland killer, 'Cotton Eye' Joe Delaney, has raps for drugs and gun smuggling in Europe, we can reveal.
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Scott Knight has been caged for his crimes in another jurisdiction
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'Cotton Eye' Joe Delaney was Ireland's first ever convicted gangland killer
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His capture earlier this year as he went to board a Dublin-bound ferry from Holyhead in
Knight had become increasingly active against immigration over the past few years on
He backed various protests against asylum seekers entering the country and urged people to join the Irish National Party.
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It put him on the radar of
In one bizarre rant posted online in January, Knight claimed new laws in
And he went on to say that he and seven of his friends have agreed to become a 'firing squad', warning if anyone interferes with children, women or elderly, 'you get the death penalty'.
He said: 'Put up against the wall for the firing squad and take them out. Bang! That's the truth.'
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Knight added: 'Do not come into this country and interfere with all these children, all these women, all these elderly, or this is what you get. Bang!
'Do you understand? I've another seven people from different counties who want to remain anonymous, and they've agreed to do this with me.'
RAP SHEET REVEALED
Today, The Irish Sun can reveal how Knight has a serious rap sheet across
We have learned he was convicted for drug importation in Eschweiler,
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In March 2015, he was stopped at the Coquelles terminal in France by customs officers who discovered two assault rifles, four magazines and 40 rounds of ammunition in the boot of his car.
When authorities searched his phone, they found far right anti-Islam and white nationalist images.
BARRED FROM ENTRY
Delaney did not turn up for his trial in 2019 and was sentenced in his absence to two years in jail and a fine of €1,000. He was also barred from entering
Another conviction was for possession of narcotics in connection with an illegal organisation in Belgium.
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We understand Knight also had €18,000 seized from him by authorities in
A source told us: 'This fella is mad but he's someone who can clearly be very dangerous too.
'The Gardai were monitoring him in recent years.
'The funny thing is, he had been ranting and raving about immigration when he has extremely serious convictions throughout Europe himself in other countries. This was for high-level criminality.'
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FERRY FAIL
Knight was nabbed this year as he went to board the ferry and was jailed for five years in March.
He pleaded guilty to the production of cannabis at his former address in
Here, Knight's rap sheet goes back to 1991 for malicious damage.
In 1996, he was sentenced to ten years for the murder of Mark Dwyer.
But on appeal the conviction was downgraded to accessory to murder after the fact and the sentence was reduced to five years.
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Dwyer was shot dead after being tortured when a bag of 40,000
KILLER DAD
Knight's father, Cotton Eye Joe Delaney, was convicted of Dwyer's murder and was only released from prison in recent years.
Knight was also convicted in 2017 for the possession of narcotics here and got a suspended sentence in 2022 after he stole another man's identity in a bid to apply for a fake
Despite his own criminal record abroad and in Ireland, Knight encouraged people to get out and vote in last November's General Election to 'keep the evil out of Ireland'.
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He claimed the main parties were behind immigrants getting citizenship, before adding: 'That means they can vote their family into Ireland. They're going to get millions and millions of Muslims and non-Irish.'
After far right candidates flopped at the polls, Knight claimed the Government 'ripped everyone off'
