2021-03-18
Former publican caught moving €2.5m in cocaine
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Peart submitted that the court could depart from the mandatory minimum of ten years imprisonment taking into account that Coyle had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and made full admissions as to his own role. He said he saw no reason to depart from the sentence imposed on the truck driver and imposed an eight-year sentence on Coyle.