A father-of-two who agreed to hold over €178,000 of heroin and cannabis because he needed money to pay for his father s funeral has received a fully suspended sentence.
Man who agreed to hold drugs to help pay for his father s funeral avoids jail term
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A father-of-two who agreed to hold over €178,000 of heroin and cannabis because he needed money to pay for his father s funeral has received a fully suspended sentence.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Stephen Berrigan (44) agreed to hold the drugs in an “act of desperation” and had previously refused to hold drugs.
Berrigan of St Mark’s Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and heroin for sale or supply at his address on August 25, 2019. He has no previous convictions.
A FATHER-OF-TWO who agreed to hold more than €178,000 worth of heroin and cannabis because he needed money to pay for his father s funeral has received a fully suspended sentence.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Stephen Berrigan (44) agreed to hold the drugs in an “act of desperation” and had previously refused to hold drugs.
Berrigan of St Mark’s Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and heroin for sale or supply at his address on August 25, 2019. He has no previous convictions.
Passing sentence today, Judge Melanie Greally said Berrigan was “in the throes of intense grief” when he made the decision to involve himself in criminality and that this decision was made “purely to finance part of his father s funeral”.