Man gets five years for allowing dealers to store heroin in his house

A chronic drug addict who allowed dealers store heroin in his home in return for getting drugs for personal use has been given a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Ciaran Byrne (aged 36), of Barnwell Drive, Ballymun, had pleaded not (NOT) guilty to possession of the drugs at his home on April 22, 2006 but was convicted by a jury after a three day trial last February.