A former pro footballer caught with tens of thousands of euro worth of fake replica soccer jerseys and cigarettes has avoided jail.
Gardai found the haul which included the jerseys, DVDs and hundreds of pairs of fake runners in ex-Southampton player Kevin Doherty’s garden shed in Co Donegal on June 11, 2019.
Doherty, 46, with an address in Derry, pleaded guilty to keeping for sale or delivery specified tobacco products without the appropriate tax stamp.
