A Belfast man who got way in over his head when he conspired with a gangland murder victim to import £180,000 of cocaine into Belfast has been handed a 26-month sentence.
Liam Dewar s co-accused Warren Crossan was gunned down in broad daylight in west Belfast in June last year after being linked in gangland circles to the murder of Dublin hitman Robbie Lawlor in Belfast several weeks earlier.
Ordering Belfast man Dewar to spend half his sentence in jail and half on supervised licence conditions, Craigavon Crown Court Judge Patrick Lynch QC told the 26-year-old that a lengthy jail sentence was inevitable because he was responsible for the importation of a substantial quantity of drugs.