It was nearly six years ago that on 15 February 2001 the appellant, Declan Burke, was convicted of four money laundering offences. He was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for 30 months and a confiscation order was made in the sum of £16,000 with 12 months to be served in default of payment. He appeals against his conviction by leave of the single judge who also granted the necessary extension of time for the appeal. The ground of appeal is that the appellant was convicted of laundering the proceeds of tobacco smuggling by Andrew Cook, and that on 1 July 2005 Andrew Cook was acquitted of tobacco smuggling. Andrew Cook had been extradited from Spain to face his trial.

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