Dublin car dealer pleads guilty to evading VRT

A car dealer has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to evading tax on high-end jeeps.

Lee Cullen (aged 40) originally faced trial on 21 charges but the Director of Public Prosecution accepted pleas to seven counts and told Judge Patricia Ryan that a jury was not required.

Cullen of Starwood, Coolmine, Saggart pleaded guilty to evading Vehicle Registration Tax on seven Range Rovers at the Vehicle Registration Office, Main Street, Tallaght between February 13, 2006 and March 29, 2007.

Cullen’s defence team asked for a six month adjournment to allow him make repayments to the State.

He was remanded on continuing bail until sentencing on July 15, 2013.