Brazilian man who resorted to drug-dealing in Cork to send money home appeals sentence

The court heard the man was sending money back to Brazil where his retired parents struggled to choose between buying groceries and fuel for their vehicle.

Gardaí had found over €7,000 worth of cannabis in a search of the man's home. File picture

A Brazilian national who was desperate to send money home to his parents resorted to drug-dealing in Cork and now he has appealed a prison sentence for having a stash of drugs that included over €7,000 worth of cannabis.

Diego Martins Gomez who was living at an address at 89 Barrack Street, Cork, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug-dealing in respect of cannabis and a much smaller quantity of MDMA (ecstasy). He got a five-month prison term for that offence at Cork District Court and now he has appealed that sentence at Cork Circuit Appeals Court.