2015-12-15
Cannabis importer who appeared in RTE "second chance" documentary has sentenced reduced by 4 years on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was found guilty by a jury following a three week trial and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Mr Justice Caroll Moran on May 21, 2014. Mr Justice Sheehan, who sat with Mr Justice Alan Mahon and Mr Justice John Edwards, quashed Scanlon's original sentence and imposed in its place a sentence of 11 years imprisonment.