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No jail for young woman who held €24k in cocaine "as a favour"
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Yasmin Redmond, aged 20, received a four‑year suspended sentence for possessing €24,251 worth of cocaine. Redmond had agreed to hold the drugs in a shed at her home as a favour to a third party, with no payment. She pleaded guilty on 17 April 2017. Garda Nicola Gormon, with confidential information, obtained a search warrant and entered the empty premises. During the raid, officers found a school bag containing the cocaine block behind an artificial Christmas tree. Redmond admitted she had been minding the drugs for a week for someone else. She had no prior convictions and had cooperated with Gardaí. The judge, Martin Nolan, noted her young age, cooperation, and lack of involvement in higher‑level drug dealing, and therefore imposed a suspended sentence rather than the mandatory minimum of ten years.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: No jail for young woman who held €24k in cocaine "as a favour". Charges or matters: possessing cocaine worth €24,251 at her home on April 17, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 17, 2017 Incident
- Christmas Other
- 2018-01-16 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possessing cocaine worth €24,251 at her home on April 17, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He asked the judge to depart from the mandatory minimum ten-year sentence for drugs offences of this nature and consider imposing a suspended sentence. He said Redmond did not deserve to go into custody and suspended the sentence for four years.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Thornton Heights
- St Michael's Estate
Topics
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