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Man jailed over cocaine bust further sentenced for having heroin and leading gardai on chase

Date
2022-12-19

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Sean Connell, 32, of Poppintree, Dublin, is serving a six‑year sentence for the seizure of €1.5 million of cocaine at Rosslare Harbour. He pleaded guilty to possession of diamorphine for sale or supply on 10 March 2020. Gardaí later found nearly €70,000 of heroin in his car, and he was on bail when he and another man led gardaí on a high‑speed chase after shots were fired at a house in Finglas. The pursuit ended when the car overturned and Connell was taken to hospital. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and possession of a firearm on 29 September 2020. Judge Orla Crowe sentenced him to seven and a half years for the drug offences, with six months suspended, and to 18 months for the firearm and dangerous driving offences, with six months suspended. The sentences are consecutive to the Wexford drugs matter, and he is disqualified from driving for two years.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man jailed over cocaine bust further sentenced for having heroin and leading gardai on chase. Charges or matters: one count of possession of diamorphine for sale or supply on March 10, 2020; dangerous driving and possession of a firearm on September 29, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

March 10, 2020 Incident
March 9, 2020 Incident
September 2020 Incident
September 29, 2020 Incident
2022-12-19 Publication

Case subjects

Sean Connell

Defendant

Charges: one count of possession of diamorphine for sale or supply on March 10, 2020; dangerous driving and possession of a firearm on September 29, 2020 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: For the drug offences, she handed Connell a seven and a half year sentence with the final six months suspended. In relation to the other offence, she sentenced Connell to 18 months' imprisonment, with the final six months suspended.