Judge gives youth ‘one final chance’ to avoid jail

A YOUNG man who was caught with relaxant tablets for sale or supply at a swimming pool car park was given one last chance yesterday to meet the probation service if he wanted to avoid jail.

Damien O’Brien, aged 21, came to the attention of Garda David Craig while acting suspiciously in the car park of Leisureworld, Bishopstown, Cork, on the evening of July 15, 2009. O’Brien had 99 Upjohn 90 tablets in his possession.

He was subsequently convicted of having the tablets, otherwise known as Alprazolam or Xanax, for selling or otherwise supplying to others at that time and place.