Garret Hevey jailed for six years over forestry fraud

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Garret Hevey was resentenced to six years in prison by the Court of Appeal on 3 February 2020 for dishonestly inducing investment and obtaining payments by deception. The court heard the fraud involved two forests in Frenchpark, Co Roscommon, sold repeatedly to investors.

Hevey had pleaded guilty to one investment-inducement count and three deception counts. His original five-year sentence, with the final year suspended, was found unduly lenient; the appeal court imposed six years without suspending any part, citing the seriousness of the offending and the limited amount of forestry acquired.