11 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR POSSESSION OF HEROIN IN CITY

Date Published: 30-Sep-2010

A former chef caught in possession of heroin worth 3-thousand-euro in the city has been jailed for 11 months.

Paul Rea - of no fixed abode - and formerly of Great Northern Street, Belfast pleaded Guilty at Galway District Court this week.

Judge Mary Fahy acknowledged that heroin was a "very addictive drug" and said that after a decade of abuse, Rea "wasn't going to deal with his addiction now."