Corkman with '10 bags a day' heroin addiction denies biting garda

The accused also claimed that most of his alleged €2,150 heroin stash at his home was a cooking powder used for mixing the drug

The court heard the defendant was using up to 10 deals of heroin every day to feed his addiction.

A Cork man with a “10 bags a day” heroin addiction denied biting the hands of an arresting garda drawing blood and he also claimed that most of his alleged €2,150 heroin stash at his home was a cooking powder used for mixing the drug.

Detective Garda Damien Cremin testified at Cork District Court that by his own admission, 37-year-old Donal O’Sullivan with an apartment at 27 Leitrim Street, Cork, was using up to 10 deals of heroin every day to feed his addiction.