Appeal court upholds sentence in €1.6m heroin case

The jail term handed down to a reformed drug addict for transporting €1.6m worth of heroin was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today.

John McGrane (aged 29), McKee Park, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin was sentenced to eight years with 18 months suspended by the Dublin Circuit Court, after he pleaded guilty to possessing eight kilos of heroin for sale or supply at the Outer Ring Road in Clondalkin on October 1, 2007.