Lower sentence sought over role in €440m drugs haul

A decision will be made next month in the case of an Englishman who successfully appealed his 30-year prison sentence for his role in the biggest drug seizure in the history of the State.

Perry Wharrie, aged 56, was given what his lawyers have described as the “highest sentence in the history of he State” for his role in the record €440m drugs haul at Dunlough Bay on the Mizen Peninsula, West Cork, on July 2, 2007.

In July last year, the Court of Criminal Appeal found a judge had erred in sentencing Wharrie to 30 years imprisonment.