Limerick truck driver jailed for importing €1.6 million worth of drugs to Ireland
Alyvydus Simkus received a three-and-a-half-year sentence in court today. By Brion Hoban Monday 25 Jan 2021, 4:33 PM Jan 25th 2021, 4:33 PM 33,710 Views 19 Comments
File photo. Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin.
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Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie
A LIMERICK TRUCK driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.
Turning point in how Ireland treats domestic abusers
The landmark conviction of coercive control is vital in tackling domestic abuse, write Liz Dunphy and Brion Hoban
Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy pictured speaking outside The Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin this morning. Picture: Collins Courts
Sat, 23 Jan, 2021 - 11:30
Liz Dunphy and Brion Hoban The landmark conviction of coercive control is vital in tackling domestic abuse, write Liz Dunphy and Brion Hoban
The first person to be convicted of coercive control by a jury in Ireland was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison this week.
The landmark case, tried under domestic abuse laws introduced in January 2019 which created the crime of coercive control, marks a turning point in how Ireland treats domestic abusers and their victims.
The man was handed a fully suspended sentence after he attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife in 2017. (Envato Elements)
A man who attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife and demanded “free” sex has been handed a fully suspended sentence.
Liam Vickers, 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting the transgender sex worker in Dublin on 30 September, 2017, according to the
At an earlier hearing, Garda Sergeant Karl Colgan told the court that the transgender woman, who has not been named, received a call from Vickers on the date of the assault to ask if she was free to meet.
Vickers visited her home and once they were inside her bedroom, he pulled out a large knife and tried to stab her in the face. She sustained injuries to her face and arm when she tried to block him.