Garda guilty of passport offences

A Garda sergeant pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court yesterday to four charges connected with a false passports racket…

A Garda sergeant pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court yesterday to four charges connected with a false passports racket. Sgt Finbarr Hickey (42) of St Mary's Court, Mary Street North, Dundalk, Co Louth, pleaded guilty to four charges of forging two passport application forms on March 4th, 1995, one on December 2nd, 1995, and to uttering a forged passport application form at the Passport Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin, on February 2nd, 1995.

Sgt Hickey was remanded on continuing bail for sentencing today.

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