Target of UDA murder bid dodges prison for possessing the drugs that killed his girlfriend

Career criminal whose mum was blasted in the head in bungled attack handed probation and community service

Russell Cummins

Ciaran Barnes and Paul Higgins

A career criminal whose mother was shot in the head in a bungled UDA murder bid meant for him has avoided jail for possessing the drugs that killed his girlfriend.

Russell Cummins was sentenced to 60 hours of community service and a year of probation for having cocaine, etizolam and cannabis.