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UK man gets eight years over €6m cannabis bust
Summary
A 51-year-old UK man, Mark Nesbitt of Whitefield House, Cecil Crescent, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, has been sentenced to eight years in prison following an appeal at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Nesbitt was found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict in January of possessing cannabis for sale or supply at Stockhole Lane, Cloghran, Swords, Co Dublin on October 23, 2020. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. Judge Martin Nolan noted that if Nesbitt had pleaded guilty, he would have received a sentence of five or six years. The court heard that Nesbitt was 'inveigled' by his co-accused, Anthony Kinghorn, who was described as being at a higher level in the drugs operation. Co-accused Kinghorn (49) of Har Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to the same offence and was sentenced last July to ten years in prison with the final two years suspended. Nesbitt wrote a letter to the judge appealing for leniency and expressing that he felt 'utterly let down' by his friend. The matter was adjourned for the appeal stage.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: UK man gets eight years over €6m cannabis bust. Charges or matters: the same offence and was sentenced last July to ten years in prison with the final two years suspended; possessing cannabis for sale or supply at Stockhole Lane, Cloghran, Swords, Co Dublin on October 23, 2020. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- October 23, 2020 Incident
- 23rd October 2020 Other
- 2022-05-03 Publication
Case subjects
Appellant
Charges: the same offence and was sentenced last July to ten years in prison with the final two years suspended (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Convicted Person
Charges: possessing cannabis for sale or supply at Stockhole Lane, Cloghran, Swords, Co Dublin on October 23, 2020; the same offence and was sentenced last July to ten years in prison with the final two years suspended (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty
Places mentioned
- Whitefield House
- Cloverhill Prison
- UK prison
- Cecil Crescent
- Har Lane
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Stockhole Lane
- Stockhole Lane
- Swords
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