Stephen Geraghty appeal allowed over drugs sentence

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Stephen Geraghty’s appeal against a drugs sentence was allowed by the Court of Appeal in its judgment dated 10 December 2014.

The court quashed the 10-year sentence imposed for the 2004 offence after finding that the incorrect sentencing regime had been applied.

The offence was committed before enhanced mandatory penalties introduced in 2007, and the court held that those provisions did not apply retrospectively.

The court fixed 15 December 2014 for a hearing on the appropriate new sentence for that offence, while the separate two-year sentence was not under appeal.