A drug-dealer facing sentence for transporting €10,000 of heroin from Dublin had the hearing adjourned, so gardaí could look into the fact that a member of An Garda Síochána provided character evidence for him. Judge Brian O’Callaghan would jail the defendant later yesterday, but he had adjourned the sentencing hearing so that the prosecuting garda could enquire into another member of An Garda Síochána providing character evidence. “I am surprised to see it,” Judge O’Callaghan said of the character evidence, written by a member of An Garda Síochána. “I would not agree with his opinion that he (O’Donoghue) will not reoffend,” Det Garda O’Toole testified. Det Garda O’Toole said O’Donoghue was stopped by gardaí, after driving from Dublin to Cork with €10,000 worth of cocaine concealed in the steering wheel column of the Toyota Avensis.

Source: Irish Examiner February 15, 2018 00:56 UTC