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Drug dealer loses challenge to terms of "good behaviour" bond
Summary
Jason Heaphy, 33, of Dunmanus Park, Knocknaheeny, Co Cork, lost a challenge to the terms of a good‑behaviour bond he had entered into after breaching a suspended sentence. Heaphy had been caught with €5,000 worth of heroin and cocaine on Kerryhall Road, Fairhill, during the May bank holiday weekend of 2015. Judge David Riordan activated his suspended sentence and added a consecutive three‑year jail term in November 2015. Heaphy had previously received a 10‑year sentence in March 2007, with the final three years suspended for possession of a large quantity of cocaine. He argued that no valid written record of the 2008 sentencing order existed and that the good‑behaviour bond should run from his imprisonment, not his release.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Drug dealer loses challenge to terms of "good behaviour" bond. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 2015 Incident
- March 2007 Incident
- February 25, 2008 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2018-05-04 Publication
Why: Heaphy's lawyers had argued that the instrument created on the date of sentencing could not constitute an order under Section 99 because it did not contain the mandatory condition that he keep the peace and be of good behaviour during the entire period of his imprisonment in addition to a specified period of time pose release. CNI source report
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