2022-10-18
Main heroin dealer has sentence reduced after court hears of cancer diagnosis
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; He then sentenced O'Leary to seven years' imprisonment with the final year suspended for two years, noting O'Leary's "seriously ill health" and personal circumstances. When being sentenced, Judge O'Callaghan said of O'Leary: "He and his colleagues are responsible for destroying the lives of people and their families in Cork.