Done & dusted within a day! Easy telling he wasn’t a banker or politician then….

Not that this upstanding citizen didn’t get what he deserved, but;

How come when it comes to the exchequer losing out, the legal wheels can spin at dizzying speed, yet when it comes to the white collar investigations, they drag on, and on, and on.

Anyway, there isn’t a hope in hell that Vlad will be serving the full six months. It just doesn’t happen in our prison system.

Glad to see he got sent down, but i’ve read weekly court reports of thugs bottling people at the weekends and getting away with fines. Someone sells dodgy fags and gets sent down for 6 months? Just goes to show what the priority is amongst lawmakers and it isn’t the safety and wellbeing of law abiding citizens.

Just wonder how much will it cost to keep him for 6m in prison? Why wasn’t he fined E10k or so?????

Free the Latvian One

This really is a joke. Amazing how swiftly our courts can deal with us little people. Bringing in some fags so you dont get charged punitive taxes here and you are locked up for six months, yet David Drumm remains free??

Cigarettes worth 4300, potential in lost tax 3900. Government should be up for theft with that kind of tax!

Caught red handed, pleaded guilty and was sentenced… Swift justice… This should be welcomed rather than dragging out cases with multiple court dates which serve no purpose only than line the pockets of fat cat solicitors courtesy of the free legal aid system…besides he’ll probably do a week, max, of that 6 month sentence

Can’t help but feel a little sorry for this guy. 6 months in jail for those who cost the taxpayer ~4K and impunity for those who cost the taxpayer mind-boggling multiples of this amount. Justice indeed.

Pathetic, another easy target crucified. That sort of quantity could be easily for personal consumption. Why dont they treat our subversive friends, who smuggle them in by the container, with the same gusto. Well done judge you have done your country a great service.

Zero tolerance all for it but what about the Bankers.Let’s go the whole hog and apply the law evenly.I wish justice was dished out evenly and efficiently as in this case and don’t forget all the organized begging on our street,clean that up as well

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Wrong wrong wrong

Thats fukin disgusting tbh. Like someone posted – when it comes to the exchequer they smoke ya in court over minor stuff. Pricks!

Meanwhile the judiciary are arguing about the technicalities of them taking a pay cut. In terms of any social equality this country is as warped as ever. Easy target. Meanwhile people are taking their own lives because of pressure brought on by a corrupt banking system. The elite should get their priorities right. Maybe the yard in Kilmainham needs to be used again to send a message to those that sold this country out to the IMF. I know that’s emotive but what will it take to make them realise the Irish people have taken enough abuse. The Latvian did wrong but the punishment should be proportionate and can only appear fair where the law is applied equally to everyone. Seems we are adopting US style law … But only for the little fish.

Ahhhh – lovely fags !

Wow, our legal system is improving!!