2016-02-22
Wexford man has sentence tripled over "biggest cannabis growing facility" ever found in Ireland
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Kilkenny was sentenced to four years imprisonment while Zinck was given a wholly suspended nine year sentence by Judge Alice Doyle on May 20, 2015. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal re-sentenced Kilkenny to 12 years imprisonment with the final four suspended while Zinck's case was put back one year "in the hope" that the "exceptional" rehabilitation he had achieved to date could be maintained.; Accordingly, the Court of Appeal re-sentenced Kilkenny to 12 years imprisonment with the final four suspended while Zinck's case was put back one year "in the hope" that the "exceptional" rehabilitation he had achieved to date could be maintained.