Addict may not live to complete prison sentence
A cocaine addict who has been jailed for three years for using stolen laser bank cards to buy cash and goods totalling €6,672 in value may not live to complete the prison sentence.
Catherine Lambert (aged 31), of Lower Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 8, has serious health problems and her life expectancy might be shorter than three years unless treatment is successful, Ms Marie Torrens BL, defending, told Judge Micheal White,