Nicola Tallent

arrested.

One of them, a guy called Jared Hagan, pleaded guilty.

And of course, the plea of guilty is important because it saves, it's seen as saving the courts the cost of a trial.

It's also seen as a sign of essentially admission and somewhat remorse.

And Gerard Hagen got 10 years.

And I think the others, you might recall some of them.

And there's the other guy who only got out recently.

Martin Wandon?

But they went to trial, so they didn't admit their guilt at all and they went to trial and the evidence was heard, etc.

They were found guilty, so they got those very hefty sentences at the time.

Yeah.

And it was a big, what was it, a ton and a half of cocaine?

A huge amount.

Ten times what was on this MV Royal.

So now you have each of these individuals has pleaded guilty and they have put forward their circumstances, really, to explain why they, you know, they took up this role.

More recent cases similar, you're seeing 8 to 12 years for these sentences.

And it would depend on their role in the cell structure, whether they had a controlling role.

Yeah, for sure.

How unusual is it to see these cases when the drugs are never seized?

Like, you know, you're putting guys on trial for, well, plead guilty, but you're putting them before the courts for a plot to import cocaine that just... It didn't work.