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A MAN found with two bags of heroin and a number of syringes in a brown envelope told a court that he didn’t know what was in the envelope when it was given to him.
And the man found holding the drugs had been previously convicted of dan- gerous driving in an accident in which his girlfriend was killed, the court
heard.
Brian Green of Corrovorrin Avenue, Ennis, pleaded guilty to possession of the drug before Ennis District Court.
Judge Joseph Mangan heard that the heroin had a street value of about €50.
The defendant’s solicitor, Tara God- frey, said her client “was given the en- velope by another person. He wasn’t aware of what was in it when it was handed over. He was pulled by the
Gardai five minutes later.”
The solicitor told Judge Mangan that the 31-year old had “‘never had any op- portunity to train at anything before, Now he has an opportunity to train as a scaffolder”’.
Godfrey said that of seven previous convictions which her client had, one was for dangerous driving.
“It caused the death of his girlfriend and he has never fully got over it. He’s
attended Narcotics Anonymous,” she ree
Judge Mangan adjourned sentencing until July 13 to allow a probation report be prepared but he told the probation officer that he wanted more than a re- port.
“Unless he is willing to undergo a thorough course, including assessment and treatment, he’s looking at a custo- dial sentence,’ the judge said.