Schizophrenic South African drug courier given seven years

A South African schizophrenic drug courier has received a seven-year sentence from Judge Frank O’Donnell who said "a message has to go back that bringing drugs here is a big deal".

Fioranda Abdelkhir (aged 43) was in a wheelchair with a broken ankle when Customs and Excise officials stopped her at Dublin Airport on suspicion that she had drugs in her luggage.