2015-11-13
UK national caught carrying €155k worth of cocaine at Dublin Port has jail term cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with the final three suspended by Judge Mary Ellen Ring on April 7, 2014. Atkinson successfully appealed his sentence today and accordingly the Court of Appeal re-sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment with the final four-and-a-half years suspended.