Man caught with €12,000 of 'skinny pens' at Dublin Airport avoids jail

The court heard that the weight loss injections used without proper supervision has the potential to kill people with certain conditions

Patrick Fay was thwarted when he tried to bring home a five-year supply of the weight loss injections. File picture: Mohammed Al ali / Alamy Stock Photo

A man intercepted at Dublin Airport with €12,000 worth of potentially dangerous "skinny pen" weight loss injections following a trip to Turkey has escaped a jail sentence.

Patrick Fay, Fitzgerald Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, who was thwarted when he tried to bring home a five-year supply, pleaded guilty to three charges.