Cork roadie avoids drug-use for two years despite 'lifestyle not conducive to abstinence'

35-year-old Nigel Walsh was given suspended sentences for drug possession more than two years ago

The court heard that the accused had misguidedly been using cannabis for medicinal purposes but had given it up completely since. File picture

A man who got a job as a roadie after getting clear of cannabis was working in an area with “definite lifestyles not conducive to abstinence,” a sentencing judge said.

Nigel Walsh, aged 35, had 28 convictions for having the drug for his own use and one for having it for the purpose of sale or supply. He came before Cork District Court where he pleaded guilty to two more charges of having cannabis for his own use.