2023-10-16
'Wild West stuff': bystander shot in buttocks after drug dealer opened fire at music festival
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Tony McInerney, who the court heard today was the leader of a large drug network in Co Clare, was initially jailed for 12 years after being caught running a "cocaine factory" in 2020 but the sentence was later reduced to ten years by the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice McDermott remanded McInerney in custody until next Monday, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice McDermott remanded McInerney in custody until next Monday, when he will be sentenced.