2022-06-21
Woman 'under control' of violent partner avoids jail for storing drugs
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Garda Brian O'Toole agreed with Anne Marie Lawlor SC, defending, that at the time of her arrest O'Connor was in a relationship with a violent offender, who had been jailed for 11 years in 2018 for conspiracy to commit murder. He accepted evidence that she was "a very good carer to this child and the child depends on the affection and love of this defendant", before he suspended a four-year term of imprisonment.