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05/03/2009
Teen In Possession Of €62,00 Cocaine Given Suspended Sentence
A 17-year-old boy has received a four-year suspended sentence after being found guilty of being in possessing of over €62,000 of cocaine.
The teenager, sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, was 15-years-old when gardaí found 12 cocaine bags worth €62,105 after raiding his west Dublin bedroom.
He pleaded guilty to possessing 805g of the drug at his home on January 27, 2007.
Judge Frank O’Donnell said there was a tendency of young people to be used in the drug trade. He added that the boy told gardaí he couldn’t name third parties involved out of fear for his life.
The judge acknowledged that the teenager has no previous convictions and developed a "rebellious nature" when his father was imprisoned several years ago.
(DW/BMcC)
The teenager, sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, was 15-years-old when gardaí found 12 cocaine bags worth €62,105 after raiding his west Dublin bedroom.
He pleaded guilty to possessing 805g of the drug at his home on January 27, 2007.
Judge Frank O’Donnell said there was a tendency of young people to be used in the drug trade. He added that the boy told gardaí he couldn’t name third parties involved out of fear for his life.
The judge acknowledged that the teenager has no previous convictions and developed a "rebellious nature" when his father was imprisoned several years ago.
(DW/BMcC)
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