Addict with 'appalling history' given five-year sentence

A man who relapsed into heroin addiction following his marriage breakdown has been jailed for five years for drug dealing by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Louis Lennon (aged 39) of St Anthony's Road, Rialto who was caught by gardaí smoking drugs in his bed-sit. pleaded guilty to possession of €17,070 worth of heroin for sale or supply on December 23, 2006.