Man who used 'honesty box system' to deal drugs in West Cork gets suspended sentence

The court heard the defendant 'had been selling since October 2020 during the second covid lockdown'

The accused was given a two-year jail term, backdated to when he was remanded in custody last November with the remainder of the sentence suspended from Friday. File picture: Dan Linehan

A 36-year-old man who used an honesty box system to deal drugs in West Cork was given a two-year jail term, backdated to when he was remanded in custody last November with the remainder of the sentence suspended from Friday.

Judge Sinéad Behan imposed that sentence, now suspended, on 36-year-old Gideon Cullum of Fourcuil, Clonakilty, County Cork.