Perry Wharrie appealed cocaine smuggling sentence

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Perry Wharrie appealed his 30-year sentence for cocaine smuggling at the Court of Criminal Appeal, reported on 11 January 2016.

Wharrie was convicted after a failed attempt to bring 1,500kg of cocaine into Ireland, in an operation valued at €440 million. The court was due to deliver its decision on 15 February.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.