2023-02-17
€350 drug debt leads to jail for plumber with no previous convictions
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He said he could depart from the mandatory ten-year sentence because of the guilty plea, Byrne's cooperation with gardai and his admissions and his lack of any other convictions. At the sentencing hearing on Thursday afternoon, Judge Nolan said that the sentences imposed by him were subject to review from higher courts.