Cork pensioner off alcohol for 36 years convicted of drug-driving

Accused accepted what he believed was normal cigarette from man outside chipper but it contained cannabis, court heard

'He is a man who does not take a drink. He has not taken a drink in 36 years. What happened was he had left a chipper and there was a guy outside who rolled him a cigarette and gave it to him outside the chipper.' Picture: Getty

A pensioner who has not taken a drink for 36 years was convicted of driving with cannabis in his system — after smoking what he believed was a normal cigarette rolled for him by another man outside a chipper.

Defence solicitor Michael Quinlan said of the case against Florence O’Sullivan of 2 Dan Desmond Terrace, Station Road, Carrigaline, Co Cork: “This is an interesting one.