Accused on €30k heroin charge claims he missed court due to drug-induced injury 

Paul Marken fell out of his wheelchair while high on cocaine and Benzodiazepines but there was confusion over when he actually went into hospital

The judge said she had sympathy with the accused but it was a serious drugs charge and bail was refused.

A Dublin man who failed to show up to face sentencing for having over €30,000 worth of heroin in Cork city claimed that he got so intoxicated on cocaine and Benzodiazepines that he fell out of his wheelchair and had to be hospitalised.

Paul Marken, 57, of Back Lane Hostel, Christchurch Square, The Liberties, Dublin, claimed that he had to be taken to Mercy University Hospital on the day he was due to appear in Cork Circuit Criminal Court.