Prisoner forfeits €11,450 to State
A cocaine addict serving a five-year sentence after being caught handing over €70,000 to a criminal colleague in May 2006 has forfeited €11,450 cash found on his person in separate incident earlier that year to the State.
Dean Burke (aged 38), of Ballyshannon Road, Kilmore West, was stopped and searched by gardaí on September 19, 2006. He told gardaí that he had €16,450 cash on his person from the sale of his car some time before.
