A former British soldier has been found guilty by a jury at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of having heroin valued at £400,000 with intent to supply it. Spencer Byrne (33) had denied the charges.
Byrne and another man, Mr Terry Healy, were caught with the drugs when gardai raided his room in the Aston Hotel, Dublin, on April 14th, 2000. Judge Dominic Lynch remanded him for sentence to July 17th.
Mr Healy died while on remand.