D Friday, October 9, 2009 METRO A BMX rider performs a spectacular superman aerial bike trick at the Cycle Show 2009 in Earls Court, West London, yesterday Picture: PA fly through traffic... Ex-boxing champ admits being a heroin traffickerBy AOIFE NIC ARDGHAIL John Kinsella: Aviation broker AN EX-BOXER arrested at WestonAirport in 2006 on suspected drugs charges has pleaded guilty be- fore the start of his trial. John Kinsella, 38, a former Irish superheavy- weight champion, of Johnstown, Navan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court a day be- fore his trial to conspiring with others to import the drugs between in September 2006. The Meath aviation broker known as The Boxer is to be sentenced for conspiring to import 7mil- lion of heroin and cocaine from Belgium. The trial had been expected to last over six weeks with up to 130 witnesses, including members of the Dutch and Belgian police. Dutch authorities found 57kg of heroin and 21kg of cocaine, worth an estimated 7million, in the luggage of a passenger trying to board the private jet Kinsella had hired for a round trip from Weston Airport, Kildare to Wevelgem, Belgium. Kinsella had claimed he was a victim of circum- stance shortly after his arrest on September 26 at Weston Airport and that a business associate had tricked him into the drugs run. Detective Garda Peter Gilligan told the court Kinsella had moved from a Dublin Airport office to one in Weston, where hed been establishing a new company at the time of the offence. Defence counsel, Martin ORourke BL, submit- ted to Judge Tony Hunt that his client had spared the taxpayer considerable expense by pleading guilty before the trial. Judge Hunt said he would give Kinsella some credit for this but added that he had to sentence according to the seriousness of the offence, which carries up to 14 years in prison. Moon bombed for water SCIENTISTS hope to make a splash by bombing the Moon with two spacecraft today. The plan is to slam the projectiles into a dark crater at the lunar south pole, kicking up a 10km-high dust cloud that may contain water. The drama will be broadcast live on the US space agencys website. The Cabeus south polar region was identified as a site with high concentrations of hydrogen a key component of water. It is believed water ice could lie at the bottom of dark craters at the Moons poles, where temperatures are lower than minus 170C.Moon: Crash scene ryanair hits out at aer lingus lay-offs RYANAIR attacked Aer Lingus management yesterday over its plan to cut 676 jobs, claiming its takeover would have had the reverse effect. The budget airline also demanded that the Government explains why it rejected a 750million buy-out with a commitment to double the short-haul fleet and hire hundreds of new staff. OLeary: War of words Bill tackles rogue telecom operators A NEW Bill aims to tackle premium rate scams and rogue operators in the telecommunications sector. The Bill, which was brought before the Dil by Communications Minister Eamon Ryan yesterday, provides for greater regulation of the multi-million-euro industry which generated 76million text messages in the Republic last year. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html