The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by a woman against a seven-year jail term imposed on her after she was caught trying to smuggle almost €2m worth of heroin through Dublin Airport.
Lawyers for Samina Sajjad, (52) a retired postmistress with an address in Middlesborough, England, but from Pakistan, claimed the sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in May 2019 was unduly severe and failed to take into account her lack of previous convictions and guilty plea.