No jail for woman in €5m heroin court case

A woman whose then boyfriend was storing €5m worth of heroin in their home has been given a four-year suspended sentence for allowing him to hide the drugs there.

Melissa O'Shea (aged 22) with an address at Colbertsfort, Belgard Road, pleaded guilty to knowingly allowing the possession of the drugs at their rented home on January 12, 2007. She had no previous convictions and was not known to the gardaí.