Keogh's Crisps director pleads guilty in cannabis case

Anthony Keogh, 64, of Newtown Lane, Oldtown, Co Dublin, will be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday

Anthony (Tony) Keogh, of Newtown Lane, Oldtown, Co Dublin, leaving Dublin District Court, after a previous appearance. File picture: Collins Courts

A crisps company director has pleaded guilty to growing 39 cannabis plants which he claimed was to make nutritional food supplements as part of a “foolhardy” horticultural experiment.

Anthony Keogh, 64, of Newtown Lane, Oldtown, Co Dublin, was arrested on July 9 last year.