A Meath man has been jailed for six years for making threats to kill over a drug debt.
25-year-old Ciaran Dixon pleaded guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to threatening to kill Colm Kelly and his mother in order to recover 'money owed' for drugs.
Mr Dixon, who was allegedly acting on behalf of drug dealers, told Ms Lisa Kelly - the victim's sister - that he would put a drill bit in her brother's head and two bullets in her mother's head unless she told him where he was.
Detective Garda Patrick Traynor said Mr Kelly's mother, Ms Linda Killock, eventually raised €17,000 to pay off her son's debt to the criminals after her car was burned out.
Mr Dixon of Beech Grove, Johnstown, said the dealers held him responsible for the debt as he had introduced Mr Kelly to them.
Mr Dixon also pleaded guilty to possessing of two shotgun cartridges found during a garda search of his home.
