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Wales Online
Sandra Mallon & Nisha Mal

'My son died 10 years ago from a heroin addiction - I'm still paying off his debts'

Annette Kinahan's world came crashing down when her 32-year-old son died ten years ago. John was found in a pub toilet with a needle in his arm in January 2013.

The mum is currently in a three-part documentary series in Ireland called Gaelic in the Joy, where she talks about her son and his addiction. In the show, she reveals she is still paying off her son's debts, ten years after his death.

Annette also says she has been threatened with a hammer and a gun by debt collectors. Speaking to co-host Philly McMahon, she said: “When he was 17 or 18, he started messing with hash. Then it progressed to tablets. He never had any money for anything.”

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