The Director of Public Prosecutions v Eduard Sotsevski

Court Date

24 February 2012

The Director of Public Prosecutions v Eduard Sotsevski

Venue

Ennis District Court

Judge

Aeneas Mc Carthy

Summary

Eduard Sotsevski with an address at 19 Doughiska Road, Doughiska, Co. Galway was detected with 12,200 cigarettes at Shannon Airport on 31st March 2011. He was charged with:

• Evasion of excise duty on excisable products with intent to defraud either directly or indirectly the State of such duty under Section 119(2) and (3) of the Finance Act, 2001, as amended.
• Attempted evasion of excise duty on excisable products with intent to defraud either directly or indirectly the State of such duty under Section 119(2) and (3) of the Finance Act, 2001, as amended

Outcome

On the 24th February 2012 at Ennis District Court, Eduard Sotsevski pleaded guilty to evasion of duty. Judge Aeneas Mc Carthy sentenced him to three months in prison. The charge of attempted evasion was taken into consideration.