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Addict caught with €140k in cocaine weeks after heroin bust
Summary
Barry Keating (33) of Ferrycarrig Drive, Coolock, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of heroin for sale or supply on Harmonstown Road, Dublin 5, and possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Shonvalley Apartments, The Grange, Lucan on August 8, 2016. He has 53 previous convictions, including some for drug offences. Gerard Gerard Cleary (34), who lived at Shonvalley Apartments, was also arrested at the scene and pleaded guilty to possessing the cocaine for sale or supply. Cleary was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017. Keating's case was adjourned to February 27 next, and Judge Melanie Greally ordered a report from the Probation Service to assist in structuring a sentence that will help Keating deal with his drug habit. The matter was adjourned and never described as concluded or finalised.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Addict caught with €140k in cocaine weeks after heroin bust. Charges or matters: possession of heroin for sale or supply on Harmonstown Road, Dublin 5 and possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Shonvalley Apartments, The Grange, Lucan on August 8, 2016; possessing the cocaine for sale or supply, was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 8, 2016 Incident
- December 1, 2017 Adjournment
- February 27 Adjournment
- 2018-12-05 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possession of heroin for sale or supply on Harmonstown Road, Dublin 5 and possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Shonvalley Apartments, The Grange, Lucan on August 8, 2016; possessing the cocaine for sale or supply, was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She adjourned the case to February 27 next and ordered a report from the Probation Service to assist her in structuring a sentence that will help Keating with his endeavours to deal with his drug habit.; She adjourned the case to February 27 next and ordered a report from the Probation Service to assist her in structuring a sentence that will help Keating with his endeavours to deal with his drug habit.
Defendant
Charges: possessing the cocaine for sale or supply, was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Cleary, who pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing the cocaine for sale or supply, was sentenced to three years with the final 18 months suspended by Judge Karen O'Connor on December 1, 2017.; She adjourned the case to February 27 next and ordered a report from the Probation Service to assist her in structuring a sentence that will help Keating with his endeavours to deal with his drug habit.
Places mentioned
- Ferrycarrig Drive
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Harmonstown Road
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