Suspended sentence for man who sold drugs out of 'loyalty'

A man who held over €250,000 worth of cocaine and ecstasy out of "misguided loyalty" for a co-accused has been given a three year suspended sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell.

Michael Rochford (aged 27) with an address at William Place, Clanbrassil Street, almost vomited when gardaí discovered the quantity of drugs that were hidden in a briefcase he had agreed to hide in his bedroom the previous night.