Pubdate: Sat, 26 June 1999 Source: Irish Independent (Ireland) Copyright: Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd Contact: http://www.independent.ie/ Author: Ralph Riegel RECORD JAIL TERM FOR 'TOP 10' DRUG DEALER A former Jesuit student slated as a top member of Ireland's ``filthy'' drugs industry was yesterday handed a 22-year jail term the heaviest in the history of the State. Edward `Judd' Scanlon (49), of Laburnum Drive, Model Farm Road, Cork, received the sentence after being convicted on March 4 in Cork Circuit Criminal Court of having pounds 20,000 worth of Ecstasy and pounds 15,000 worth of cocaine with intent to supply on March 20, 1997. The 49-year-old was only convicted after two off-duty gardai stumbled across the Cork drugs deal and a prosecution witness braved attempts by Dublin drug gangs to intimidate him out of giving evidence. Judge AG Murphy described Scanlon as ``remorseless'' and an incorrigible criminal who had prior convictions for drug possession in both the UK and the US. Judge Murphy stressed that Scanlon had not shown ``one scintilla of remorse'' throughout the trial and had fought the case ``tooth and nail'' despite being caught red-handed by Detective Inspector John Quilter, head of Cork's Drugs Squad, and Detective Sergeant Mick Fitzpatrick. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea