Woman, 20, caught with drugs for sale or supply in Cork city avoids jail

A 20-year-old woman caught with €9,000 worth of ecstasy, €9,000 worth of cannabis and €2,600 of cocaine for sale or supply in Cork city was given a three-year suspended jail term.

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed that sentence on Viktoria Karpinski, with an address at an apartment at 40 Princess Street, Cork, at the time of the offences.

She pleaded guilty to the crimes at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. 

Defence senior counsel Donal O’Sullivan said the accused had entered an early plea of guilty and was completely disassociated now from drugs.

Ms Karpinski pleaded guilty to four separate charges including three counts of possession of drugs for selling or otherwise supplying that had been brought against her by Detective Garda Ruairi McGovern.

She pleaded guilty to having cannabis, MDMA and cocaine for the purpose of sale or supply on September 26 2024 at her home in Princes Street. Ms Karpinski has since moved home to Fermoy, County Cork.

She also admitted being the occupier of the apartment and knowingly permitting to take place the manufacture, production of preparation of a controlled drug.

Mr O’Sullivan said, “She was being used by someone close to her. And that she has a significant medical condition.” 

The senior counsel submitted a GP’s report on the young woman’s health issues.