Gavin Deering sentenced for cannabis and cocaine offences

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Gavin Deering was sentenced to three years, with the final two years suspended, for possessing cannabis for sale or supply and cocaine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Martin Nolan imposed the sentence, requiring Deering to be of good behaviour for two years after his release. The proceedings were reported on 30 January 2023.

Deering pleaded guilty. The charges related to drugs found at the Maldron Hotel in Tallaght on 4 July 2021. The report said cannabis was valued at €15,568 and cocaine at €106. Deering said he was holding the cannabis for someone else but did not identify that person. Defence counsel said he had entered an early guilty plea, had become addicted to cannabis and cocaine, and had been diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome.