2021-12-14
Widow pressured into holding cocaine, court hears
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Handing down sentence, Judge Melanie Greally accepted that Grey had been put under pressure to mind the safe in order to pay off her late partner's drug debt. "The court is of the view that in the very particular circumstances in which Ms Grey found herself when she committed this offence, coupled with the fact she is the sole surviving parents to four young children, a custodial sentence would not be appropriate in this case," the judge said. Judge Greally handed down a two-and-a-half year sentence, which she suspended in full on a number of conditions.