Drug dealer who blew his chance is jailed for three years

AN ELECTRICIAN blew his chance of avoiding jail for drug dealing when he carried out a similar crime a year after his first case was adjourned.

Peter O’Shea, aged 24, of Palaceanne Lawn, South Douglas Road, initially admitted having cannabis for the purpose of sale or supply on October 12, 2000.

Judge A.G. Murphy, now retired, gave O’Shea a chance at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in relation to that offence. He adjourned sentencing for two years to see how O’Shea would behave.