Grandmother loses appeal against drugs sentence

A grandmother has lost her appeal against the severity of the 10-year sentence she received for having cannabis and cocaine for sale and supply.

The three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal said today that it could find no error with the sentence Maria Norris (aged 44), of Elm Park, Clonmel, who was found to have €300,000 worth of drugs in the bedroom of her home in the Co Tipperary Town in June 2005.