Drug dealer left country after threats to his life

A gambling addiction got so out of hand for a young Cork man that he resorted to drug dealing to make money to bet and ended up leaving the country when his life was threatened.

Jason Dunne was given a four-year suspended prison sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

Detective Garda Seán Minihane said Dunne was stopped at Castletreasure Grove, Donnybrook, Douglas, on July 11, 2011.