Prison officer smuggled drugs to murderer

A PRISON officer faces up to 10 years behind bars for smuggling drugs to a convicted murderer in order to feed his own habit, a court heard yesterday.

Dillon O’Brien also pleaded guilty to sneaking alcohol and mobile phones in to four prisoners in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison.

The 37-year-old father-of-three and the two co-accused – an inmate and his brother – will be sentenced on Monday.