Darina Allen tells court she believes her grandson has ‘turned a corner’
Tue Jun 28 2022 - 11:40
He was also contesting the reactivation of a 15-month suspended portion of a 30-month sentence imposed by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in February 2020 for possession of €22,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply at Ballymaloe Cookery School on August 30th, 2018. He produced a letter which he read to the court from Allen’s grandmother, celebrity chef Darina Allen, in which she told how she believed her grandson had learned some vital lessons and was determined to turn his life around and away from abusing alcohol and drugs.
Ms Allen said that through a combination of focusing on mixed martial arts, helping out at the Ballymaloe Farm and trying his hand at stone carving, she believed her grandson had the potential to put the errors of his way well and truly behind him. Det Garda Aidan Dardis said Allen had not come to Garda attention since his most recent offence, and he was no longer on their radar for drugs offence though he was potentially facing drug driving charges after being stopped in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in May 2022.
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