Sex worker advocate fights drugs conviction

An American woman who advocates for the rights of sex workers in Ireland appealed a conviction for cultivating cannabis at her flat in Cork three years ago.

Kate McGrew mounted a legal challenge against her conviction on the basis that the landlord’s discovery of the cannabis-growing tent was illegal and the Garda search warrant was defective.

Landlord Liam O’Driscoll said the smell from the flat was so strong he was afraid something had happened to Ms McGrew.