Sentence of 8 years not too lenient, court finds

THE eight-year sentence imposed on a Dublin man caught in possession of almost €3 million worth of cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal has determined.

John Paul Duncan, aged 27, had his ankles and knees sledge-hammered by people unhappy over the loss of the drugs seized by gardaí at the Swiftwood Apartments, Saggart on November 26, 2007.

Duncan, of Drumcairn Avenue, Tallaght, was jailed for eight years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in April last year, having plead guilty to the possession of the drugs for sale or supply.