Nicola Tallent

This is a charge under the Taxes Consolidation Act of 1997 and it carries a maximum penalty of up to five years imprisonment or a fine.

And I suppose we should say that the state in doing this sort of deal with him that he accepted a guilty plea on the lesser charge the state prosecutor Kate Egan

outlined that that proposal was accepted by the DPP on the basis that the money found reflects the proceeds of income, not declared for the purpose of tax.

Because Grendon insisted that this was income, that the money came from the sale of cars.

He was asked about a dog grooming business, which he said he knew nothing about, but that this money had pretty much come from

Now, during the sentence hearing, Detective Garda Liam Eniston said that the home was searched on January the 19th of 2022 and he and his partner were in the house at the time.

During the search of his bedroom,

The Gardaí found eight white envelopes in a wardrobe and they contained sums of cash divided into smaller denominations and a small bundle of unwrapped cash was also found.

As you said, he insisted that the cash could be from cars and did not belong to his wife or his children.

So he was the only one arrested and interviewed in relation to it.

Now he has the court heard 24 previous convictions.

Mostly for road traffic offences, 18 of them are road traffic and one is for assault causing harm, one for the possession of drugs for sale and supply, but that dates back to 2001 and he received a six year sentence for that.

His most recent non-driving related offence dates back over 20 years, which is...

Okay, and the court heard that he was in the car business, the car trade, since 2008.

He has no addiction issues.

He has three adult children and is assisting with his own mother who has health issues.

And it was his own legal team that actually said in court that he is currently remanded in custody on an unrelated matter, for which his legal team said he intends to apply for bail.

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