The court will have to rule in July on a 15-month suspended sentence which Mr Allen faces from a 2019 cannabis conviction. Inspector O'Sullivan said the cocaine possession charge arose out of a Garda response to a noise complaint received in Midleton on July 10 last year. In a statement made to Gardaí on July 11, Mr Allen denied throwing anything away or ever having the plastic bag. In evidence to the court, Mr Allen denied throwing anything into the bushes that night. Mr Allen insisted he had only had three beers that night.

Source: Irish Independent May 20, 2021 20:02 UTC