A man behind a €1.6m tax scam on imported garlic has had his six-year jail sentence set aside today.

The former head of the country’s biggest fruit and vegetable company must wait to learn if his appeal against his six-year sentence for failing to pay import tax on garlic has been successful after the Court of Criminal Appeal reserved judgment.

A Dublin businessman will have to wait to find out if his six-year jail sentence for a €1.6m tax scam on garlic will be reduced on appeal.

An appeal has heard the six-year jail term being served by a Dublin businessman for a €1.6m tax scam on garlic is the longest ever in a Revenue matter.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has been urged to give a priority hearing to the appeal by businessman Paul Begley against the severity of his six-year jail sentence over a €1.6m garlic import scam.

The head of Ireland’s largest fruit and vegetable producers has been jailed for six years for a €1.6m scam involving the importation of garlic.