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Jail for dad who stored drugs when dealers threatened to kill daughter
Summary
Brendan Heaney, 51, was sentenced to 16 months in prison after a Garda search of his Kimmage home uncovered a large quantity of drugs, including 395 g of heroin and various prescription tablets. He admitted to storing and supplying these drugs for a Finglas-based gang after his daughter, a recovering crack cocaine addict, was threatened by dealers who said they would kill her. Heaney claimed he was forced into the activity to protect his daughter, who had accrued €26,000 in debt to the gang and had been threatened with violence. He had previously received a five‑year sentence in the UK for drug possession. Judge Martin Nolan, acknowledging Heaney's circumstances and his lack of profit from the operation, reduced the mandatory minimum of ten years to a 16‑month custodial term. The sentence was deferred until early this year at the request of his defence counsel. Brendan Heaney pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jail for dad who stored drugs when dealers threatened to kill daughter. Charges or matters: possession of drugs for sale or supply at his home on April 4, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 4, 2017 Incident
- Christmas Other
- 2019-02-01 Publication
Why: He accepted that Heaney was forced into the crime because of his daughter's "predicament". CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: possession of drugs for sale or supply at his home on April 4, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) A father-of-two who stored over €153,000 of drugs when dealers threatened to kill his daughter has been jailed for 16 months. The judge said he could depart from the mandatory minimum sentence of ten years for drugs offences of this kind and imposed 16 months in prison.
Places mentioned
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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