AN OUT-of-work chef caught selling heroin substitute metadone on the street was financing his own drug addiction at the time, a court heard.
After he got clean, Farzad Tavakolipour (54) was left with a €2,000 drug debt and stole petrol from a filling station so he could drive his pregnant girlfriend around.
Judge Bryan Smyth gave him a four-month suspended sentence and fined him €200.
Tavakolipour, of Inverness Road, Fairview, pleaded guilty to possession of methadone for sale or supply, and theft.
Dublin District Court heard gardaí were on patrol at Townsend Street on May 20, 2019 when they saw the accused, who was in a car, interact with another man.
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A COUNCIL worker found drunk and surrounded by beer cans in Dublin city centre told gardaí he was Jon Bon Jovi when asked for his name.
Daniel Filip (43) had been out having drinks with a friend on O’Connell Street when gardaí encountered him.
Judge Bryan Smyth said he would apply the Probation Act, leaving him without a criminal record, if he made a €200 charity donation.
Filip, with an address at Rosedale Apartments, Tyrconnell Street, Inchicore, pleaded guilty to public intoxication and giving gardaí a false name and address.
Dublin District Court heard gardaí were on duty at 11.20pm last November 14 when they encountered the accused.