A judge has warned of the dangers to society of cocaine and the need for the law to be applied after convicting five young people of having cocaine in their possession at the Kinsale Sevens rugby event last year. Judge McNulty referred to a previous court sitting in Bandon on December 20 when he had what he described as “a parade of graduates and aspiring professionals” appear for cocaine possession relating to their attendance at the Kinsale Sevens. On that day, eight people were convicted and fined €1,000, and the judge said all were likely appealing those convictions. “It is increasingly difficult to accept that the use or possession of cocaine falls within the terms of the ‘trivial nature of the offence’,” he said. Judge McNulty also quoted a line from the Bible: “From him to whom much is given, much is expected.”More cocaine possession cases are expected to come before the court tomorrow.

Source: Irish Examiner January 16, 2020 22:07 UTC