Nigerian teenager pleads guilty to dealing crack

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker has been remanded in custody pending a pre-sentence probation report after pleading guilty to trafficking in €3,000 worth of crack cocaine.

Nigerian teenager pleads guilty to dealing crack

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker has been remanded in custody pending a pre-sentence probation report after pleading guilty to trafficking in €3,000 worth of crack cocaine.

The 17-year-old had fled Nigeria after his mother died and his father was murdered over his religion. After he came to Ireland last September he started abusing crack cocaine and started to work for a drug dealer to pay for his addiction.

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