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Suspended sentence for mum-of-five who stored €150k in heroin
Summary
Michelle Geoghegan, a mother of five from Rathgael, Deansrath, Clondalkin, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a five‑year suspended prison term for possession for sale or supply of heroin and cocaine. The judge, Melanie Greally, noted that Geoghegan was in a state of acute depression and had been under "considerable pressure" from others who wanted her to store, prepare and package drugs in her home. She pleaded guilty on 27 February last year. Gardaí had searched her home in February, finding over €145,000 worth of heroin in a locked safe and €3,548 of cocaine in a Centra bag, with a total street value of €149,484. The judge set a headline sentence of seven and a half years but, after credit for her early guilty plea, difficult childhood, long‑standing addiction and efforts to address her drug problem, imposed a suspended sentence.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for mum-of-five who stored €150k in heroin. Charges or matters: possession for sale or supply of the drugs at her home on February 27 last year. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 27 Incident
- 2019-05-28 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: possession for sale or supply of the drugs at her home on February 27 last year (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Michelle Geoghegan was handed a five-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, after a judge ruled that a non-custodial penalty was justified. Judge Greally set a headline sentence of seven and a half years' imprisonment but gave Geoghegan credit for her very early guilty plea, her difficult childhood and her "longstanding and entrenched" drug addiction.
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