"Michael Kehoe (27) was caught with the drugs in his home four years ago. He said he had them for himself and would occasionally give them away to friends.
Defence counsel, Peter Keane said his client suffers from Male Body Dysmorphia, a psychiatric disorder where the sufferer is obsessed with how their body appears. He said he became part of a “culture of steroid abuse” through the people he was training and mixing with.
Some 80,000 tablets were found consisting of six different types of steroids, including “Angel Dust”, “Pink Thai” and ephedrine.
They also found glass vials, a tablet moulding device, used needles, and price lists for anabolic steroids. There were payment documents relating to purchases from Russia, Pakistan and China and packaging originating from Thailand.
Mr Wright said all these drugs were banned in Ireland and people usually sourced them illegally on the internet. Their total value was estimated at about €20,000. Kehoe admitted in interview to buying “body-building stuff” online but said it was just for him and his friends.
Mr Keane said his client’s early guilty plea had saved the prosecution a complex trial which faced many technical difficulties. He said Kehoe had no previous convictions and was no longer taking steroids. He said after dropping out of computer science in Dublin City University he worked in fast food restaurants and as a doorman."
"He also ordered that he pay costs to the prosecution of €3,000 for the destruction by the Irish Medicines Board."
So this guy has eighty thousand tablets at home along with a tablet moulding device ( tablet press ? ) and a bunch of empty vials and they don't reach the conclusion that he was manufacturing and despite a guilty plea his case takes 4 years ?
Since when are Angel Dust and Ephedrine are steroids ?
A cost of three thousand euros to destroy some tablets ? I think an old fashioned fire would have done the job for less.
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