2020-04-29
Construction worker jailed for part in tax fraud scheme
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Stokes, with a former address at Woodford Heights, Clondalkin, Dublin failed to appear for a sentence hearing in June 2016 and a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest. He said Stokes was a good family man who had made contributions to the community and he reduced an indicative sentence of five years imprisonment to three years.; He was arrested a fortnight ago while travelling around during the Covid-19 lockdown and remanded into custody for sentencing today.