Son's hallucinogenic drug use a factor in his threat to stab mother, Cork court hears

The court was told the 21-year-old had been taking cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, LSD and another type of hallucinogenic drug for four years

Judge Olann Kelleher said: “All these matters are serious. Great credit is due to his mother and father." File photo

Heavy use of hallucinogenic drugs were a factor in a young man threatening to stab his mother and put her in the graveyard but now the family have thanked the sentencing judge for giving him time to turn his life around.

The young man’s mother yesterday said to Judge Olann Kelleher at a private court hearing: “We are delighted with the opportunity you gave us to help him.” Defence solicitor, Frank Buttimer, said the 21-year-old was using hallucinogenic drugs at the height of the repeated incident.