John Gilligan gets suspended sentence and fine in Spanish court after plea deal over drugs and weapons charges

John Gilligan leaves Spanish court a free man despite drug and weapon confession

The pint-sized criminal was handed a fine and suspended prison sentence by a Costa Blanca judge after admitting to smuggling cannabis and powerful sleeping pills into Ireland and being the owner of a weapon found hidden in the back garden of his Costa Blanca home.

John Gilligan walks free after plea bargain over drugs and weapons charges in Spain

Eight others were also freed after accepting the plea bargain deal

John Gilligan gets suspended sentence and fine in Spanish court after plea deal over drugs and weapons charges

Prosecutors had initially linked gun found buried in John Gilligan's back garden to murder of crime reporter Veronica Guerin

Gangster John Gilligan walks free from Spanish court despite admitting drugs and weapons charges

Gangster John Gilligan left a Spanish court a free man today despite confessing to drugs and weapon charges.