Drug-dealing couple have sentences suspended

A drug-dealing couple have both been given suspended sentences for possession of almost €5,000 worth of heroin after Judge Frank O’Donnell said he was "having regard to their three children".

David Plummer (aged 32) of Barry Avenue, and Lisa Heary (aged 30) of Jamestown Road, both Finglas, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to having €3,829 worth of heroin for sale or supply On April 25, 2006 at Gardiner Street. They were both drug users and living in hostel accommodation at the time.