Man avoids jail for supplying drugs which killed girlfriend in 'textbook definition' of tragedy

Judge Codd said if any case could highlight the impact and danger of drug use, it was this case.

Ailbhe Smith died in hospital on October 1, 2020, a day after taking two lines of cocaine and some MDMA pills, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Thursday. File picture

A young woman died of a brain bleed after consuming drugs supplied by a man she was dating, in a case that was “the textbook definition” of a tragedy, a court has heard.

26-year-old Ailbhe Smith died in hospital on October 1, 2020, a day after taking two lines of cocaine and some MDMA pills, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Thursday. A post-mortem determined that Ms Smith died of a cerebral bleed caused by MDMA toxicity and cocaine use.