Death-threat drug user jailed for eight years

A drug user whose life was threatened after he was caught with over €40,000 worth of cocaine, heroin and cannabis has been jailed for eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Christopher Kelly (aged 24) received death threats on his mobile phone, was warned by gardaí that his life was in danger and at one stage had a grenade thrown in through the front window of his house, after he was arrested while "holding" and "bagging" drugs.