National court archive · 2026-03-26
Drugs offender caught cycling around with €2k in crack and heroin
At a glance
- Crime
- possessing cocaine and diamorphine for the purpose of unlawful sale and supply
- People
- Dean Whittaker, Garda Pierce O’Dwyer, Judge Cephas Power
- Locations
- Ballymun, Dublin
- Court
- District Court Appeals Court
- Outcome
- list the case again for mention in the new court term
Summary
Dean Whittaker appealed a ten-month prison sentence after Garda Pierce O’Dwyer said he was carrying crack cocaine and diamorphine worth €1,976 in 2023. Whittaker made admissions that he was dropping off drugs for sale and supply; Judge Cephas Power sought urine analysis and a Star Project letter before listing the case again in the new court term.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie