Saulite’s husband gets 30 days added to sentence for having phone battery

THE husband of murdered Latvian woman Baiba Saulite has been given an additional 30-day jail sentence after he was convicted of having a mobile phone battery in his underwear while in prison.

Hassan Hassan, aged 40, of Forestfield Road, Swords, is currently serving a six-year jail term for abducting the couple’s two children and handling stolen property.

The Lebanese-born criminal pleaded guilty to having a mobile phone component in his possession, at Cloverhill District Court yesterday.