Jail unwarranted, says teen who sold killer drug

A 17-year-old who sold the psychoactive drug U47700 in a case where a teenager died in Cork in January felt that his crime did not warrant a jail term.

The teen revealed this to his probation officer.

At the sentencing hearing yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Gerard O’Brien said: “I am extremely concerned about the fact that the defendant [who cannot be named as he is a juvenile] spoke to the probation officer and felt the sale of this drug did not warrant a prison sentence.”