2015-06-11
Accomplished soccer player has €400k cannabis possession sentence cut on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on February 27 2012. Accordingly, Mr Justice Mahon, who sat with Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan and Mr Justice John Edwards, directed that the final 18 months of Farmer's seven year sentence be suspended.