Man caught with knife weeks after avoiding jail on drugs charges

Knife 'for protection' from people hunting him for unpaid drug debt, Midleton District Court hears

On June 10, Pinto had faced four drug charges in Midleton District Court - sale and supply of cannabis and three charges of possession of cocaine and cannabis. Picture: iStock

A man who had narrowly avoided jail for money laundering, and cocaine and cannabis possession was caught armed with a knife in Cork weeks later and was jailed.

Lirio Pinto, aged 27, of 66 High Field Park, Ballincollig, had avoided jail at Midleton District Court on June 10 when he received five six-month suspended sentences to run concurrently.