2021-03-22
Sentence for moving cannabis to pay off business debt is upheld
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ms McCarthy asked the court to find that the sentence of six years with the final year suspended was too high and a greater portion should have been suspended. He was, the judge said, "someone who made a decision to get involved in drugs and such decisions have consequences." Mr Justice Birmingham said he saw no error in principle in how Judge Ó Donnabháin approached sentencing and therefore said he would not interfere with the sentence imposed.