Drug dealer jailed after failing to persuade Cork judge cannabis was for pain relief

Mark Brown was found with over €20,000 worth of cannabis herb, over €8,000 worth of cannabis resin and almost €2,000 worth of cocaine.

Mark Brown has a serious back injury from childhood and claimed he was using the cannabis as pain relief. File photo: Getty

A man with a serious back injury from childhood told Cork gardaí who caught him with over €30,000 worth of drugs that he was using cannabis for pain relief, but the sentencing judge believed this excuse was a being put up as a cover for dealing.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a six-year sentence on 46-year-old Mark Brown and suspended the last year of that sentence.