2023-04-27
Raid of 'small drugs factory' saw €500k worth of heroin, cocaine seized
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe said that although Reilly didn't have any trappings of wealth, he had certainly been "heavily involved". "He was a trusted, active participant in a very big enterprise; he had a lot of responsibility," said the judge. Judge Crowe set a headline sentence of nine years and said Reilly had a high level of culpability. "He was clearly in a trusted position to drive around in a specially adapted car in his name, and he was in charge of operations at the drug factory," she said. "He became involved with drugs at an age where he really ought to have known better," she added, but noted that Reilly had pleaded early and had been using his time in custody very well.