Francis Fitzpatrick jailed for cocaine possession

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Francis Fitzpatrick was jailed for five and a half years for possessing cocaine at the Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 9 August 2016. He pleaded guilty to possessing 11 kilograms of cocaine worth €770,539, found in his car on the Tallaght bypass on 27 November 2015. The sentence followed consideration of his drug debt, cocaine addiction, co-operation and rehabilitation efforts. Fitzpatrick had one minor previous conviction, and the court heard he was assisting his mother in caring for his ill father.