Gilligan brings case to leave jail to Supreme Court

Jailed drug dealer John Gilligan has brought his case to the Supreme Court in a bid to get out of prison.

His lawyers yesterday claimed before the five-judge court that mandatory consecutive prison sentences imposed on those convicted of an offence while serving time are unconstitutional.

Gilligan’s challenge arises out of a number of prison sentences he has received since he was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in Mar 2001 of several counts of unlawfully importing and possessing cannabis resin.