Cork drug dealer has prison sentence doubled but suspended on appeal

The court heard the man had a tumultuous past but was presently doing very well in his life and had been promoted in his job a number of times

Judge Helen Boyle said she would increase the sentence from five months to 10 months but suspend it in its entirety. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 29-year-old man caught with €2,700 worth of cannabis for sale or supply had his five-month jail term doubled but suspended on appeal.

Jamie Cullen of Sarsfield Terrace, Richmond Hill, Cork, appeared at Cork Circuit Appeals Court in respect of the prison sentence imposed on him at Cork District Court. His barrister Alan O’Dwyer said the defendant had completely distanced himself from drugs and was returning to court with four more clear urinalysis tests.