2014-04-28
Man jailed for ten years has half his sentence suspended on review
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Donal Heaphy (59) formerly of Rock Road, Cork, was jailed for ten years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin for the possession of cocaine for sale or supply on September 14, 2005 at Kent Station in Cork. The case came before the Court of Criminal Appeal in May 2010, where the court allowed an appeal against sentence but did not interfere with the ten-year tariff imposed.