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Ireland: Man Jailed For Eight Years For Cannabis Possession
Tom Tuite The Irish Examiner
Tuesday 16 Jan 2001 Ireland: Man Jailed For Eight Years For Cannabis Possession Source: The Irish Examiner Copyright: Examiner Publications Ltd, 2000 Pubdate: 16 January 2001 Website: http://www.examiner.ie/ Man Jailed For Eight Years For Cannabis Possession By Tom Tuite A man found with over pounds 45,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed for eight years by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Declan Sullivan, 29, of Portland Square, Dublin 1 pleaded guilty to having five kilos of the drug in the attic of his flat. Sullivan would not tell gardaà who he was working for, fearing he would be in worse trouble if he co operated. Defence counsel Mr Paul Greene BL told the court his client had a heroin problem that began after he broke up with his girlfriend. Mr Greene asked Judge Murphy to take his client’s drug addiction into consideration when passing sentence. Sullivan had been charged under the 1999 Criminal Justice Act. The Act provides for a mandatory 10 year sentence for anyone found with more than £10,000 worth of drugs with intent to supply. Judge Murphy said Sullivan had committed a very serious offence and sentenced him to eight years in jail with a possible review in 2005.
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