Daniel McCartney, 60, from St Eithne's Park, Londonderry, was jailed for four months on Friday after Customs officers picked him up three times coming off the same flight at Belfast International Airport. He was first arrested on December 21, 2006 when he came off a flight from Lanzarote with almost 40,000 cigarettes. He took the same route and was caught again exactly three weeks later, this time with more than 50,000 cigarettes and £1,600 in cash. Then on March 29, 2007 - three months after his first arrest - he was caught again coming off the Lanzarote flight.This time he noticed Customs officers at the airport and tried to abandon his luggage. But they challenged him and he admitted the luggage - containing more than 30,000 cigarettes - was his. A follow-up search of his home yielded another 3,760 cigarettes and £2,254 in cash.Customs officials said McCartney had tried to evade duty worth £23,000. On Friday the unemployed man forfeited all the cash and was sentenced to four months in prison at Antrim Crown Court.Sentencing him, Judge David Smith said he had to prevent him from re-offending and find a way to discourage others. He said that after consideration the only way this could be achieved was by a period of custody. McCartney, who pleaded guilty to smuggling charges last November, will also be on probation for two years after his release.
Daniel Bailey has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.
Daniel Bailey (35) avoided prison when he received a 26-week suspended sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis. But following a separate investigation into his finances by police, he has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.During a hearing brought by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Lincoln Crown Court was told officers swooped on Bailey's home, near Spalding, on August 5, 2005. They searched the property and found 22 cannabis plants growing among the flowers in his back garden.More cannabis seedlings were discovered in a shed, and two small lumps of the drug were seized in the house.Bailey was subsequently convicted of production of cannabis, which triggered the probe into his financial affairs.The further enquiries showed that in the six years before his arrest, Bailey had claimed incapacity benefit and income support to the tune of more than £21,000, to which he was...
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