2025-05-08
Grandfather with 'stellar' army career avoids jail over cannabis possession
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Derek Callaghan (65) a chance (Picture:Collins) By Eimear Dodd and Sonya McLean A grandfather who had a "stellar career in the army" has been given a three-year suspended sentence for possession of over €13,000 of cannabis. She said a headline sentence of four years was justified in the case, but reduced it to three years, having taken account of the mitigating features of the case. "I am going to give this man a chance," Judge Crowe said before she suspended that three-year term for five years on strict conditions.