Sentencing adjourned for drugs under bed

A stash of cocaine worth €31,000 was found under a man’s bed in Carrigaline and yesterday the accused was told he had his priorities wrong in putting his job before his rehabilitation.

Judge Gerard O’Brien said yesterday that while there was a lot favourable to the accused, Gavin Clancy, in the probation report, what jumped out of it was that he had prioritised his job over attending to treatment for drug addiction. The judge said this decision was askew in terms of where Clancy found himself at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Sinead Behan said the accused had changed his view on this and was about to commence a 28-day drug treatment programme at Arbour House.