Cork man who continued to take drugs jailed for 15 months

Judge Dara Hayes told Anthony Stevens, of 24 Boyne Crescent, Mayfield, Cork, that he had been given many chances to avoid jail.

A young man who got chance after chance to avoid prison by engaging with the probation service has finally been jailed for 15 months for continuing to drink and take drugs and for not cooperating with probation.

Judge Dara Hayes told Anthony Stevens, of 24 Boyne Crescent, Mayfield, Cork, that he had been given so many chances to avoid jail and had his sentencing adjourned several times on a charge of assault causing harm to a young man on Main Street, Carrigaline, County Cork, on June 24, 2021, but he failed to take the opportunities.