Drugs supplier awaits sentence

A man who admitted having heroin worth £200,000 will be sentenced by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on October 23rd

A man who admitted having heroin worth £200,000 will be sentenced by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on October 23rd. Anthony O'Driscoll (20), Croftwood Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin, admitted possessing the drug for sale or supply near the railway line behind Cherry Orchard Crescent on July 22nd, 1996. Ms Isobel Kennedy, for O'Driscoll, told Judge Kieran O'Connor her client was serving a four-year sentence for another matter.

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