Ireland Named in reporting
Gavin McGuinness
Born between June 1987 and February 1988, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 2 Feb 2024 to 4 Jun 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between June 1987 and February 1988, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Possession of cocaine for sale or supply; obstruction of gardaí
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 2 Feb 2024 to 4 Jun 2025
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie
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Cases
latest first- Moville man given suspended sentence over €12,000 drugs seizure Possession of cocaine for sale or supply; obstruction of gardaí · Co. Donegal
Gavin McGuinness, of Bath Terrace, Moville, Co Donegal, aged 37 in most reports (36 in one), threw a bag containing cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy out a bathroom window of his apartment when gardaí executed a warrant there on 25 January 2021. He was charged with possessing drugs for sale or supply and with obstructing gardaí, and pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court, where Judge John Aylmer adjourned sentencing, first to October and later to May. In June 2025 the judge reduced the sentence to 16 months in prison and suspended it in full, ordering McGuinness to keep the peace and abstain from unprescribed drugs for 16 months.
Sentenced, 4 Jun 2025Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Gavin McGuinness, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 4 Jun2025Suspended sentence for Moville man caught with €12,000 drugs stashconvicted, Gavin McGuinness, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gavin McGuinness
- 5 Feb2025Man with over €12,000 of drugs in Moville threw stash out bathroom windowconvicted, Gavin McGuinness, 37, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gavin McGuinness
- 2 Feb2024Moville man pleads guilty to dealing drugsconvicted, Gavin McGuinness, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gavin McGuinness
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