2016-07-20
Judge praises garda for having drug dealer "closed down"
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ard Mor Lawn, Fortunestown, Tallaght, Dublin was sentenced today at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five years in prison with the final three years suspended on strict conditions. "I have to send a message to all the Sean Birds of this world that if they lend themselves to the assistance of drug trafficking they must be dealt with in a significant way by the court," Judge McCartan.; On the second day of that trial he changed his plea to guilty and was remanded in custody pending sentence last Monday.