Accused’s iPhone shows him at top functions

A Chinese peasant farmer’s son, who claims he was brutally trafficked into Ireland, was pictured on his €500 iPhone eating crab and drinking red wine at a function in Dublin, the High Court has heard.

The 36-year-old man, who cannot be named for his own safety, has been charged with drugs offences following a raid on a Dublin city centre cannabis growhouse. He faces trial next March.

He claims he was locked into the house in Henrietta St, Dublin, to water plants he did not realise were cannabis plants, until he was arrested by gardaí in Nov 2012.