Man found floating next to 65 bales of cocaine in Cork was 'bungling stevedore' say lawyers

Lawyers for a man found floating in the ocean next to 65 bales of cocaine have told the Court of Appeal that their client was a “bungling stevedore” in one of Ireland largest ever drugs hauls, rather than a “lieutenant”.

Englishman Martin Wanden (58), with a last address in South Africa, had pleaded not guilty to his role in a €440 million drugs haul which went awry at Dunlough Bay on the Mizen Peninsula, West Cork on July 2 2007.