4 linked to supply of lethal drugs mixture spared jail

The judge who imposed three-year suspended sentences on the four young people involved in the chain of supply of drugs to two young Dungarvan men found dead in Kinsale said the case was an eloquent expression of the tragedy that drugs destroy lives.

Judge Donagh McDonagh said yesterday he would not differentiate between the four links in the supply of drugs. After spending two nights in jail, each of the accused got a three-year sentence suspended for five years.

The judge noted that the two deceased — Michael Coleman and Liam Coffey, both aged 22 — had both contacted one of the accused to get an ecstasy drug known as Mandy, which turned out to be a combination of MDMA and PMMA.