2022-07-22
Former minor hurler went on the run after €2.7m drug bust
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sgt Muldowney told the sentence hearing that in 2014, gardaí were carrying out a drugs operation in the Coolock area and Casey was put under surveillance. He was jailed for eight years in 2007 for a drugs-related offence, although this was later reduced by the Court of Appeal to five years with the final two years suspended, the court heard.