Nobody has even been sent to jail for non payment of a TV licence. Ever.
He isn't a drug dealer. He is a drug user. That is what the conviction is for.
Single mum jailed for not paying TV licence: "I was so terrified and distraught that I didn’t even have time to put my coat on."
Two Gardai took the woman from her home in Donegal in front of her young son, after she had failed to repay all of the €450 fine.
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