A person with 50 earlier convictions who was discovered with €350 value of heroin hid in his trousers at Letterkenny bus station has been given the advantage of the Probation Act.
Andrew O’Neill, a 23-year-old with an handle at Meadowbank, Letterkenny, appeared earlier than Letterkenny District Court docket.
He was additionally charged with public order offences.
O’Neill was put within the witness field by his solicitor, Mr Rory O’Brien, and he informed Choose Cunningham that he ‘detoxed’ himself.
O’Neill stated he has been partaking with the Ana Liffey Drug Venture in Dublin and has been attending counsellors.
He stated his general psychological well being is ‘good’ and that he’s in a extra optimistic place now.
Choose Cunningham requested O’Neill how he’s doing and current and he stated he has his identify down for a group employment scheme, ‘a possibility to get began’
Information of the case towards O’Neill had been heard at a earlier sitting of the court docket.
At round 12.30am on October 3, 2020, O’Neill was stopped by Gardai at Letterkenny bus station and searched beneath the Misuse of Medicine Act. Officers situated a small bag of brown powder hid in his trousers.
Evaluation established that the substance was heroin, valued at €350.
O’Neill additionally appeared over an incident on September 1, 2022 at Glencar Park, Letterkenny. Gardai had been attending to a male who required medical consideration once they had been approached by O’Neill.
O’Neill started to impede members who had been rendering help. O’Neill grew to become abusive and aggressive, clenching his fists. Gardai needed to administer handcuffs because of O’Neill’s degree of aggression.
Power had for use within the conveyance of O’Neill to Letterkenny garda station.
Inspector Tony Byrne informed the court docket that O’Neill has ‘an in depth catalogue’ of earlier convictions, amounting to 50 in complete.
O’Neill’s earlier embody 29 for street visitors offences, six offences opposite to the Misuse of Medicine Act, 12 for theft, one for the possession of a knife, one for the possession of a cell phone whereas in jail and one for felony harm.
“He has had a really traumatic background and didn’t have an ideal begin,” Mr O’Brien stated, urging the court docket to observe the suggestions of the Probation Service to offer his shopper ‘one of the best probability’.
Choose Cunningham stated she thought of the probation report and famous that O’Neill has not come to the eye of gardai since.
“I’m happy that he’s making progress, however it’s a journey and he has to interact,” Choose Cunningham stated, inserting O’Neill on a probation bond for a interval of 12 months. Choose Cunningham informed Mr O’Brien that his shopper ‘should take the chance’
O’Neill replied by saying that he ‘needs to go ahead, not again’.
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