2017-07-25
Jail for repeat drug offender who "abused" chances given to him by courts
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: This 2014 Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentence was suspended in full for five years, but about 12 months later, a plain-clothes garda caught O'Neill in the city centre with €1,320 of heroin. He did not activate O'Neill's suspended sentence saying: "Five years is somewhat excessive even though he's abused his chances".