2024-12-18
'Boss man' middle management in €3m drugs operation gets seven years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Hayes said the case warranted a headline sentence of 12 and a half years before he imposed a sentence of eight and a half years. He suspended the final 18 months of the sentence in order to encourage Lawless to return to a law abiding lifestyle, to encourage his rehabilitation from drug addiction and to encourage his re-integration back into society.