A PRISON officer and a convicted murderer who were both involved in smuggling contraband into Mountjoy Prison have been jailed for a total of seven years by Judge Katherine Delahunt.
Prison officer Dillon O’Brien (37), who was in charge of landing B3 in the prison, trafficked heroin and mobile phones to inmate Thomas Hinchon, having received the items from Hinchon’s brother Seán.
O’Brien received a four-year sentence, and Thomas Hinchon was sentenced to three years concurrent to his life sentence.
Judge Delahunt adjourned Seán Hinchon’s case to March to allow a probation report on sentencing options to be prepared. She also ordered urine analysis.
O’Brien also brought vodka, mobile phones and cocaine to prisoner David Mulvey after being advised to do so by two men, and smuggled in mobile phones to another inmate Donnagh O’Brien.
He told gardaí he was addicted to cocaine, ecstasy and steroids, and he was getting two grammes of cocaine for every “drop”. He brought the contraband into the prison in either his jacket or trousers pockets, and transferred the vodka to a bottle of water.
O’Brien told gardaí on arrest he was relieved the offences had come to light as he had been “leading a double life”.