2018-12-05
Addict caught with €140k in cocaine weeks after heroin bust
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Cleary, who pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing the cocaine for sale or supply, was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017.; She adjourned the case to February 27 next and ordered a report from the Probation Service to assist her in structuring a sentence that will help Keating with his endeavours to deal with his drug habit.