2022-11-10
Criminal gets 11 years after being caught with €220k in cash, drugs and weapons
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence on Wednesday afternoon at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Martin Nolan described Keenan as "intelligent, accomplished and mature" and noted that he had had a good education and was a skilled and useful employee. However, Judge Nolan said Keenan deserved a long sentence because his level of involvement in the money-laundering operation was very high, and handed down two sentences of five and six years, to run consecutively. "He made decisions, he took drugs, he incurred debt.