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Young drugs defendant turns life around, avoids jail
Summary
Darragh Corbally, aged 20, received a two‑year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis for sale or supply worth €48,236. The 17‑year‑old schoolboy had been excluded from school and had accrued a drug debt before a Garda raid found 2,411 g of cannabis in his bedroom. Corbally admitted the offence, expressed remorse, and has since engaged intensively with the Probation Service and a drug counsellor. He has worked part‑time, returned to education, and been offered a place in third‑level social care. Judge Karen O'Connor, noting his youth, early guilty plea, and progress, departed from the mandatory 10‑year minimum and imposed a suspended term, confident he would not reoffend. Corbally has no prior convictions and has ceased drug use.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Young drugs defendant turns life around, avoids jail. Charges or matters: one count of possessing cannabis for sale or supply at the same address on December 22, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 22, 2017 Adjournment
- 2020-07-17 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: one count of possessing cannabis for sale or supply at the same address on December 22, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) A young man who was a 17-year-old schoolboy when he was caught with more than €48,000 worth of cannabis in his bedroom has been given a two-year suspended sentence after a judge noted he had "made great progress in turning his life around". Handing down a suspended two year sentence, Judge O'Connor said she was confident she would not be meeting Corbally again.; Corbally's sentence was adjourned to this summer to allow him to complete his Leaving Cert.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Sperrin Road
- Corbally's house
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