Jim Mansfield Jnr is an Irish businessman who was convicted in January 2022 of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the 9 June 2015 kidnapping of Martin Byrne.
[1] His brother Tony took over the heavy equipment part of their father's business and Jim was more involved in other areas, such as the Citywest hotel and other facilities, Weston Airport, and a planned convention centre.
[1][further explanation needed] On 9 June 2015 Martin Byrne was kidnapped by Dessie O'Hare and Declan "Whacker" Duffy and five others.
[2][3][4] Jim Mansfield Jnr was convicted in January 2022 of attempting to pervert the course of justice by telling Patrick Byrne (brother of Martin) to destroy CCTV recordings which showed Martin and Mansfield leaving the Finnstown House Hotel on the morning of 9 June 2015.
[2][3][4] In February 2022 he was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with the final six months suspended.