Cork man caught with cocaine worth €12,000 avoids going to jail

Gardaí went to the man's home at St Oliver Plunkett Place, Doneraile, County Cork, and found cocaine and cash.

A Doneraile man caught with €12,000 worth of cocaine at his home and €12,500 in cash in 2019 has avoided jail following lengthy cooperation with the probation service.

Judge Helen Boyle said that Finbarr Jewitt’s initial risk of reoffending which was high when he first interacted with the probation service went to moderate and could reduce further. The judge imposed a prison sentence of three and a half years which was suspended on condition that he would keep the peace and have no further offences in the next three years.