Warrant as supplier of fatal drug fails to show

A bench warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of a man who had most of his two-year jail sentence suspended in a drugs case following a teenager’s death at what was described as an orgy of drink and drugs.

Harry Clifton was due to appear at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday but failed to do so and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Judge Gerard O’Brien imposed a two-year sentence with 18 months of that suspended on Clifton for his part in the supply of the synthetic drug N-bomb. Alex Ryan, aged 18, Liscahane, Millstreet, Co Cork, died on January 23, 2016, after taking the drug.