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A FORMER heroin addict has been warned she will face a stint in jail if she fails to co-operate with the Pro- bation services.
Carmel Duggan (23), of St Munch- in’s Street, St Mary’s Park, Limerick
was one of two people who admit- ted entering homes in Meelick and Cratloe as trespassers, with intent to commit theft, in April 2007.
At Ennis Circuit Court last year, Duggan was handed a suspended jail term. Part of the conditions of the suspension was that she be un-
der the supervision of the Probation os ais one
However, the matter was re-entered by the Probation services last week. The court was told that she had failed to attend meetings with the Proba- tion services on two dates in Febru- ary and did not contact the office to
explain her absence.
Defence barrister Lorcan Connolly told the court his client was “gravely addicted to heroin” at the time of the offences, but has been drug-free for the past 17 months.
However, he said her house in Lim- erick has come under attack and she
was “hounded” out of it. “She was living in fear. She wishes to be given a second chance,” he said.
Judge Carroll Moran adjourned the case until January and said he would activate the sentence on that occa- sion if she fails to co-operate with the Probation services.