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Community service for former chef who tried to sell heroin to plain clothes garda
Summary
Darren Trimble, a 35-year-old former chef from Nicholas Street, Dublin, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of heroin for sale or supply. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge relating to an incident at Heuston Station on April 4, 2013. Allegations state that Trimble approached Garda David Naughton, who was on plain clothes duty, and offered to sell him €2,000 worth of heroin. Trimble subsequently met the garda at the station, where he produced the drugs from his tracksuit bottoms. Although the drugs were initially valued at over €3,000, the valuation was revised downwards to €2,083, after which Trimble entered his guilty plea. Defence counsel Luigi Rea, BL, submitted that Trimble had lost his career due to heroin use in his mid-twenties but is now clean of opiates, with a drug test confirming this status. Judge Desmond Hogan sentenced Trimble to 240 hours of community service in lieu of a two-year prison sentence. The judge noted that while the revised valuation remained significant, he regarded Trimble as being on the 'lowest rung of the ladder' regarding such offences.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Community service for former chef who tried to sell heroin to plain clothes garda. Charges or matters: possession of heroin for sale or supply at Heuston Station on April 4 2013. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 4 2013 Incident
- March 28 2013 Incident
- 2015-05-18 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possession of heroin for sale or supply at Heuston Station on April 4 2013 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Desmond Hogan sentenced Trimble to 240 hours community service in lieu of a two year prison sentence.
Places mentioned
- Nicholas Street
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Ruben Street
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