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    Polish pilot Michal Luczak's sentencing for €8.4m cocaine import adjourned again

    Importation of cocaine · Westmeath

    Suspect: Michal Luczak, Polish man, 45Michal LuczakSuspect: Timothy Gilchrist, Irish man (judged from name)Timothy Gilchrist

    Polish pilot Michal Luczak, 45, was found guilty of importing 120kg of cocaine valued at €8.4 million on a Cessna 182 that left Abbeyshrule aerodrome, Co Westmeath, bound for le Touquet Airport, France, on 3 August 2022. His friend Timothy Gilchrist, a man who travelled as a passenger, was stopped at Lough Owel, Co Westmeath, and later jailed for 11 years. Luczak's sentencing has now been adjourned on six occasions, with the latest delay on 9 October 2026 at Mullingar Circuit Court before Judge Deirdre Browne. The sentence hearing is fixed for 9 November 2026 and judgment for 16 November 2026, with a psychological report still pending.

    Convicted9 Oct

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