2 years’ jail for woman ‘gobbled up by gang’

A woman described as a “sprat” gobbled up by drugs gang “rats” was yesterday jailed for two years.

Margaret Purcell agreed to move cannabis worth €11,900 from one area of the city to another in order to pay off her son’s drug debt, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Ms Purcell, aged 47, of Moylish Rd, Ballynanty, Co Limerick, who the court heard had never previously come under the Garda radar, pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs for sale or supply.