Jim Mansfield Jnr

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.

Early life Mansfield Jnr and his two brothers, Tony and PJ are the sons of Jim Mansfield, a prominent Irish property developer and millionaire. Byrne was a former employee of Jim. Byrne was taken to his family home in Saggart, where he was assaulted in front of his wife and son. They were also told to vacate their home.

Conviction 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. The recordings were not destroyed and were handed to the Garda Síochána. In February 2022 he was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, with the final six months suspended. The sentence was backdated to 17 January 2022.