Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
A man who extorted over €22,000 out of former classmate after the victim contacted him to buy a small amount of cannabis has been jailed for five and half years. Daniel Byrne (26) of Pike Inn Apartments, Camolin, Gorey, Co Wexford, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making threats to cause serious harm, making unwarranted demands for cash and handling the proceeds of crime on dates between February 2, 2024 and June 6, 2024. He has a previous conviction for money laundering and was given a suspended sentence for this in January 2023. He was on this suspended sentence when he began to threaten this man. His other convictions include…