2016-02-12 · Dublin
Jail for man for who held heroin "under duress"
A 25‑year‑old Dublin man, Derek O'Connor, was sentenced to two years in prison for possessing 140 grammes of heroin worth €12,090, after pleading guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. O'Connor, who cares for his double‑amputee father, claimed he held the drugs "under duress" because of a cannabis debt. Garda Gerry Smith reported that…