Crime Correspondent: Estepona

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America believed to be worth more than 650 million euro (£580 million).Doo, from Devon, and Wiggins, based in the Costa del Sol in Spain, pleaded guilty at a brief hearing in Cork Circuit Criminal Court. The pair were detained after Irish navy, gardai and customs swooped on the 60ft ocean-going boat, Dances With Waves, 170 miles off the west Cork coast last November.Intelligence agencies had tracked the boat for two months across the Atlantic.A third man, David Mufford, of Torquay, Devon, is also accused of being involved in the smuggling operation and will be brought before the court on Monday to enter a plea.The two men spoke quietly in soft English accents as they entered their guilty pleas in the packed courtroom.Doo, of Higher Manor Road, Brixham, wore a dark sweatshirt and lowered his balding head. Wiggins, of Estepona, Malaga, wore a pair of glasses and dark checked shirt.The two drug smugglers showed no emotion as they were led away by prison guards.Judge Patrick J Moran remanded them in custody to be sentenced on May 8.

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America

Philip Doo, 52, and Christopher Wiggins, 42, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply of cocaine from South America believed to be...

Patrick Doyle, shot twice in the head

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jBK2Ha2RbyysTbk7BUZYQZgtvgXK3fnZMW_GIkHjtwPf92kBIONGRhFETJvYna4jdcg2Zql_UXU-o2jMIXqoVa0a66TgY5uYWg1qBxXOg5vtxovvd1nD5EwtPJT9HkagW2RsMtD-6OA/s1600-h/000146ec10dr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163276739180380578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jBK2Ha2RbyysTbk7BUZYQZgtvgXK3fnZMW_GIkHjtwPf92kBIONGRhFETJvYna4jdcg2Zql_UXU-o2jMIXqoVa0a66TgY5uYWg1qBxXOg5vtxovvd1nD5EwtPJT9HkagW2RsMtD-6OA/s320/000146ec10dr.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Patrick Doyle, Portland Row , Dublin was shot twice in the head on road between Estapona and Cancelada.The 4x4 BMW came under fire from another vehicle in the village of Cancelada, near Estepona.second man is reported to have been injured in the attack. third man escaped unharmed.The shooting took place just before 2pm Spanish time.The Spanish police arrived at the scene to find a four wheeled drive vehicle with five gunshots. Four in the windscreen, and one in the front passenger door. The victim was travelling in the passenger seat. When the shots were fired, the driver lost control of the car and crashed, the passenger got out, and was shot, twice in the head. The driver is injured, but has not been arrested. The dead man is believed to be involved in the feuding gangs in the Crumlin / Drimnagh area of Dublin.

Patrick Doyle, shot twice in the head

Patrick Doyle, Portland Row , Dublin was shot twice in the head on road between Estapona and Cancelada.The 4x4 BMW came under fire from anot...