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Mum-of-three with "battered past" jailed for smuggling heroin into prison

Summary

Kerrie Fitzpatrick, a 40‑year‑old mother of three from Loughnamona Park, Leixlip, was found guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of attempting to smuggle 63 grams of heroin into Mountjoy Prison on 14 January 2017. Garda Derek Gibney reported that a prison officer randomly selected Fitzpatrick for a check, during which she claimed to have concealed drugs inside her body. The package she handed over was discovered to contain heroin worth €9,575. Fitzpatrick said she had received a phone call instructing her to deliver a package to her former partner in prison, and that she had been given the package by an unknown man who she believed contained pills. She has 11 prior convictions, including a similar offence involving Portlaoise Prison, for which she had benefited from the Probation Act.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Mum-of-three with "battered past" jailed for smuggling heroin into prison. Charges or matters: conveying a controlled drug into Mountjoy prison on January 14, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• January 14, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2019-10-10 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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