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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against severity of sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, with the final three suspended, imposed for unlawful possession of a controlled drug for the purpose of supply with a value exceeding €2 million, on the grounds that the sentence was reasonable and appropriate for the offence and no error in principle had been identified.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against severity of ten years’ imprisonment with the final three suspended imposed for unlawful possession of a controlled drug for the purpose of supply with a value exceeding €2 million – s. 15A (as inserted by s. 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999) and s. 27 (as amended by s. 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations, 1988 and 1993, as made under s. 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 – whether the sentencing judge failed to afford sufficient weight to the mitigating factors in arriving at her decision to suspend just three years of the ten-year sentence – sentence was a reasonable and appropriate sentence for this offence – no error in principle – appeal dismissed.
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