Westmeath man's sentence adjourned for psychological assessment

A Westmeath “rampant addict” who picked up a van loaded with heroin valued €1.6m because of his €25,000 “drugs debt” has had his sentence adjourned so that he can be psychologically assessed.

Gerard Matthews (aged 30) of Grange Village, Mullingar told gardai he was told €1,000 would be taken off his “drugs debt” and that he “could not walk away from the situation” when he received a call ordering him to collect the vehicle from a McDonald's carpark in Ballyfermot.