An Irish sex shop owner has pleaded guilty to keeping a potentially dangerous Viagra substitute, according to a published report. Store-owner Ian Brown kept quantities of the Kamagra drug, which can be dangerous or fatal to users with heart conditions.
The Belfast Telegraph reported that the businessman pleaded guilty at Belfast Magistrates Court to two charges of possessing the drug while having reason to believe that the product was intended to be placed on the market. He was fined and ordered to pay court costs.
An earlier hearing before magistrate Paul Copeland uncovered how Brown kept the unlicensed drug at his offices in Newtownabbey and was caught out when police and Department of Health officials raided the premises in November 2004, according to the story.
Investigators discovered 160 blue Kamagra tablets, at the higher end of the normal dosage, the Telegraph reported.
A medical expert at an earlier hearing described elements of the medicine as "dangerous" and said it was potentially "life-threatening" for people with heart complaints, as it can cause low blood pressure, the story said.
