Dealer found guilty despite claiming drugs worth €2 each

A DRUG dealer’s claim that ecstasy tablets were being sold for €2 or less was rejected by a jury which returned a unanimous guilty verdict after more than an hour of deliberation.

John Heaphy, aged 55, from 59 Kerryhall Road, Fairhill, Cork, was caught with more than 4,700 ecstasy tablets and admitted certain drugs charges but he denied he had ecstasy with a value of €13,000 or more.

The significance of this count is that it carries on conviction a sentence of up to life imprisonment with a minimum mandatory term of 10 years.