Man who came to Ireland on false passport 'was under pressure in Russia to entrap drug dealers'

A man who came to Ireland under a false Lithuanian passport to escape his native Russia after he was put under pressure by police there to entrap drug dealers has been given a three year suspended term.

Judge Martin Nolan accepted that Daniel Mordukhov (33) came to Ireland out of desperation “after he became embroiled into a situation which he felt was dangerous” and that his “entire prosecution is based on his own admissions” to the Irish authorities.