Allan Foster a prime suspect for the murder of David 'Noddy' Rice
Mr Rice, 42, died when he was blasted up to nine times with a semi-automatic handgun as he sat in a car park at Marsden, South Tyneside, in May 2006.Foster, 31, has been named as the gunman and is still being hunted by murder detectives.
It is believed he fled abroad after the killing.McAuley, who lived with Foster, admitted conspiring with him and others to conceal the proceeds of criminal property between June 1 2006 and September 30 2006.mother Marilyn McCauley, 56, admitted possessing criminal property in that she knew or suspected £65,815 in cash found at her home two days after Mr Rice's murder was from the proceeds of crime.
The charges relate to a total of £70,440 found during two separate raids at Mozart Street, South Shields, where McAuley snr lived.The court heard a total of 1,275 euros together with other property was recovered from a separate address McAuley jnr shared with Foster.Prosecutor Caroline Goodwin told Newcastle Crown Court: "This arises out of a disturbing incident on May 24 2006 when David Rice was murdered.
"This led to an investigation into Allan Foster, who is directly linked to that particular offence, and police were able to recover from a number of properties during the course of the investigation a deal of cash.
"The crown's case is this is said to be the proceeds of crime, directly from the drug dealing of Allan Foster."On two separate occasions during the course of the wider investigation into the shooting of Mr Rice there were searches carried out at Mozart Street, the home of Marilyn McAuley."Substantial amounts of money were recovered there on 26 May, two days after the shooting, and in September.
"The Crown say these are part of the proceeds of the criminal activities of Allan Foster."Judge Esmond Faulks ordered the £70,440 be confiscated.The judge adjourned the case until May 2 and ordered pre-sentence reports.
Both women were granted bail in the meantime.But the judge warned; "This does not mean to say I am giving you any promises about sentence, I am not, all options are open and the maximum sentence, as you probably know, for concealing the proceeds of criminal property is many years in prison."Foster sometimes goes under the name Sean Wilkinson and is known to have associates in the Kent area and links to the Canary Islands and Majorca.A Police spokesman said: "We are still trying to trace Allan James Foster.
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