Ian Fitzgibbon - finally, they got him for something
defendant accepts direct involvement in the supply dealing 19kg cocaine, 21kg heroin with a “balance of up to 50kg”.
He had access to those amounts but did not directly control them.
He didn’t have physical possession of those drugs.”
The judge indicates that he is “happy to sentence on that basis”.
“There were various means by which the defendant was linked to the EncroChat device.“Other handles referred to him as Ian,
Little Ian.
On April 29, he “tasked
Sean Zeisz with purchasing half a kilogram of cocaine”.
On May 11, Fitzgibbon “sold three kilograms of cocaine to
Niall Barry, with the sale being brokered by Sean Zeisz”
Fitzgibbon was arrested at his flat on Linner Road on February 20 this year
He threw his mobile phone out of the window, but it “landed close to an officer
Fitzgibbon was “operating at least
two graft lines in North Wales and Cumbria”.
jailed for 14-and-a-half years, reduced from 22 years for his guilty pleas.
full hearing detail at the link ............
The 29-year-old, who was previously cleared of the murder of Ashley Dale, is set to appear at Liverpool Crown Court
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