Cork woman avoids mandatory 10-year jail term in 'truly exceptional' cocaine case

The judge imposed a five-year sentence suspended on condition that she would commit no further offences in the next five years.

A woman facing the prospect of a 10-year mandatory jail term for having a €108,000 stash of cocaine has avoided custody.

A woman facing the prospect of a 10-year mandatory jail term for having a €108,000 stash of cocaine has avoided custody as the judge described the case as exceptional and imposed a fully suspended sentence.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a sentence of five years suspended for a period of five years on condition that Lyndsey Dawson would commit no further offences for a period of five years.