Woman avoids jail over heroin seizure at Charleville train station

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard the woman 'is extremely ashamed of her actions' and has taken positive steps to overcome her addiction

The woman was arrested at Charleville Railway Station after gardaí saw that the woman was handed a package by a driver of a BMW parked outside. File picture

Charleville railway station was the location for a heroin seizure more than four years ago and now a young woman who has pleaded guilty to charges arising out of this has been given a fully suspended two-and-a-half-year sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

27-year-old Julia Czernik of Silver Street, Nenagh, County Tipperary, pleaded guilty to the charge stating that on March 10, 2022, at Charleville railway station she had heroin for sale or supply to others. The background circumstances of the case were outlined at the sentencing hearing by Detective Garda Liam Hosford.