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Court reports mentioning Ciaran Lawn

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2022-05-25

Truck driver given suspended sentence for moving €900k in drugs is jailed after appeal

Stage: Appeal

Outcome: Ciaran Lawn (43), of Derrykillew, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, was given a three-year wholly suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale or supply contrary to Section 15a of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 on December 15, 2019 at Drumgoolestown, near Ardee, Co Louth. In a judgement delivered by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy yesterday afternoon, Lawn was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment with three years suspended.; Pointing to the fact he was not present in court when the suspended sentence had been quashed at a first hearing in March, she added: "It does say something about him that he [subsequently] came to court to be remanded in custody when the court had already made its determination." At the March 21 hearing, Kevin Segrave BL, for the DPP, said that wholly suspended sentences were only handed down whe

2022-03-25

Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence

Stage: Appeal

Outcome: Ciaran Lawn (43), of Derrykillew, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, had received a three-year wholly suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale or supply contrary to Section 15a of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 on December 15, 2019 at Drumgoolestown, near Ardee, Co Louth. Kevin Segrave BL, for the DPP, said that wholly suspended sentences were only handed down when there were "special reasons of a substantial nature and wholly exceptional circumstances". "There was nothing in this case of an exceptional nature," Mr Seagrave said, adding that as a starting point, a three-year custodial term for the offence Lawn had been convicted of could be considered "somewhat light".