Cork mother says drugs turned son into 'husk of a man' 

Woman said her son had descended into psychosis and he had put her in fear by damaging property, throwing items out the bathroom window and making lunging gestures towards her

The defendant’s mother said it was with a very heavy heart she sat down to write a victim impact statement in respect of a case involving her own son. Picture: Dan Linehan

A mother who was put in fear by her own 25-year-old son found it devastating to see using drugs had turned him into a “husk of a man” descending into psychosis.

The woman said at an in-camera sitting of Cork District Court she had been put in fear by him on November 30.