Inmate caught with phone in cell twice in Cork prison

An inmate at Cork Prison was caught twice in three weeks with a mobile phone in his cell. Keith Heaphy had his jail time increased by two months yesterday after he pleaded guilty to having a miniature phone in his possession on two separate occasions, contrary to the Prisons Act.

Judge Olann Kelleher said that by law the sentences had to be consecutive to the sentence Heaphy had been serving. Judge Kelleher imposed an overall sentence of two months, consecutive to the two years he was already serving. Detective Sergeant Kieran O’Sullivan outlined the background to the offences and how they came to be detected.