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A FORMER heroin addict has told a court she lost everything during a two-year spell and wants to get her life back together, having undergone a detox programme.
Anett Hausmann (30), of Bishop’s Court, Ennis, pleaded guilty to pos- session of heroin, on May 16, 2006.
Sergeant John Brennan told Ennis Circuit Court that as a result of in- formation, a taxi was intercepted at Ballina, Killaloe.
Two people were taken to Shannon Garda Station, where the accused
handed over a quantity of heroin which she had concealed internally. The street value of the drugs was €555.
“She was being used by another person to convey drugs from Dub- lin to Ennis. We were concerned she was keeping company with this indi- vidual,” said Sgt Brennan.
At a previous sitting of the court, Hausmann pleaded guilty and gardai expressed concerns in court last July about the company she was keeping.
Ennis Circuit Court heard last week that Hausmann left Shannon Airport for Stanstead on July 29 last. She
then travelled to her native Germany, where she stayed for some time. The court was told she had previously injected heroin, but has not used it since July.
In September, gardai in Ennis be- came aware that she had returned to the town.
“She hasn’t come to the notice of gardai, but we are aware she is in the company of heroin abusers,” said Sgt Brennan.
Hausmann’s barrister Pat Whyms said his client went into a four-week detox programme in Germany. He said she had been living in Ireland
for more than seven years and want- ed to return to her friends here. Judge Carroll Moran said, “She is entitled to be here.”
Hausmann told the court that she had stayed with a former associate for just two nights when she returned, but since moved to another address in Ennis. “I have lost everything over the past two years. I hope to start again where I left off,’ she said.
Judge Moran said the case “mer- its the intervention of the Probation service. He told her to co-operate with the Probation service, and ad- journed the case until March.