DPP move to activate suspended sentence of Limerick drug dealer fails

A move by the DPP to activate a suspended prison sentence given to a Limerick drug dealer failed yesterday.

A letter from Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins on behalf of the criminal became the centre of a political storm last year.

Hugo Porter, aged 41, a widowed father of four, of St Patrick Villas, Castleconnell, was convicted of drugs offences and given a three-year suspended prison term at Limerick Circuit Court on October 20, 2014. He had pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing cannabis worth over €17,500 for sale or supply.