Jonathan Keogh, serving a life sentence for gangland murder, was caught with a contraband mobile phone in Mountjoy Prison. Despite having 23 previous convictions, Keogh received a one-month sentence, concurrent with his life term, after pleading guilty.
A criminal serving a life sentence for a gangland murder in Dublin has been spared extra jail time after getting caught with a contraband mobile phone in custody.
Keogh appeared before Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court on Wednesday. He was accused of unlawfully possessing a mobile phone on December 22 while serving his sentence in Mountjoy Prison. Garda Doyle said the accused was serving a life sentence and had 23 prior convictions but none for possessing a contraband phone in prison.
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