Appeal against ammunition possession conviction in €5.7m heroin case dismissed

An appeal by a 32 year-old Dutch woman against her conviction for possession of pistol ammunition in Meath in 2006 has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Last March mother-of-three Caroline Van Dongeren of The Lane, Foxlodge Woods, Ratoath was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a two-day trial in January of having two magazines containing 20 bullets on June 24, 2006 in her handbag at her home.