Transition year student found with €6k cannabis stash avoids custodial sentence

Teenager has turned his life around 'has made significant improvements in his lifestyle' court heard

When the matter came before the court for sentencing in November 2021, it was found the accused was still associating with undesirable influences and was still smoking cannabis, court told File picture: Getty

A transition year student caught with a €6,400 stash of cannabis in his bedroom took the chance he was given at Cork Circuit Court Criminal Court — on the second time of asking.

Judge Helen Boyle noted the 17-year-old did not take the opportunity he was given when the case was first adjourned.