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'Whitey' Bulger's girlfriend gets 8 years in prison

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    Catherine Greig sentenced for helping notorious mobster

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This is -- Fox News alert and accused gangsters girlfriend sentenced to eight years in prison today.

Katherine gray pleaded guilty to helping a boyfriend Whitey Bulger hiding from the law for sixteen years.

-- they're earning his place on the FBI's most wanted list he's now awaiting trial in connection with at least nineteen murders.

Molly Line has all the details from Boston -- -- Hi Shannon.

Well -- family members of the victims of alleged and James Whitey Bulger's crimes have asked the judge to throw the book at Catherine Gregg and prosecutors call for ten years.

But ultimately the judge decided to get Catherine -- eight years in prison and a 150000.

Dollar fine.

This all stems from the actions she took over many many years to help hide Bolger over the course of the time that he was on the FBI's most wanted list.

Greg and Bulger used multiple aliases and fake IDs to travel the country posing as a retired couple.

They were ultimately arrested in Santa Monica California last June where they shared an apartment.

Filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and stash of guns.

In March Greg did plead guilty to a number of charges including conspiracy to harbor a fugitive and identity fraud.

In court papers prosecutors argued that for sixteen years.

Greg conspired to it did protect Bulger alleged to be one of the most dangerous and violent criminals in the history of this district from being discovered by law enforcement.

Knowing full well the Bulger was won it for very serious crimes and having ample opportunity to walk away at any time.

-- mentally concealed Bulger from law enforcement but did -- -- Commit multiple additional felonies in order to protect him from capture.

Victims testifying today made it clear that many believe Greg is every bit the criminal and not an innocent woman in love with the wrong man.

James Whitey Bulger -- pled not guilty to all the charges that he is facing.

Stemming from his years as the alleged head of the Irish -- in Boston including -- in nineteen murders.

Many of which were allegedly committed while he worked as an undercover informant for the FBI he is -- to go on trial.

A later and -- Shannon time Molly thank you very much.

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