2015-03-26
Drug dealer loses appeal against confiscation order of money deemed to have been acquired through drug dealing
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to five years imprisonment in February 2002 and in 2009 he had €6,455 confiscated by order of the Circuit Court pursuant to section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994. It states that where a person has been sentenced or otherwise dealt with by a court, the court shall determine whether the person has benefited from drug trafficking.