The troubled life of Joshua Allen

The son of TV chef Rachel Allen and grandson of celebrity chef, Darina Allen, has been handed seven months in prison for drugs offences. He may need to use that time to get himself back onto the straight and narrow, writes Eoin English

Joshua Allen spent three months in a residential treatment centre for drug use in late 2019. File picture: Cork Courts Limited

As his brother was steering his way to international Formula 3 motorsports success, Joshua Allen, son of TV chef Rachel Allen and grandson of celebrity chef, Darina Allen, was veering off the straight and narrow, into the courts on drugs charges, into rehab, and ultimately into jail.

Despite some recent signs that he was getting his life back on track, and a direct plea to the courts from Darina Allen to give him another chance, justice caught up on the 22-year-old on Friday, as he was jailed again, this time for seven-months.