Sentencing adjourned after drugs seized at house in East Cork

The sentencing of a man on multiple drugs charges arising out of the seizure of amphetamines and cannabis at a house in Youghal in November 2024 has been scheduled for next November.

Bartosz Lisowski, aged 39, of Ardán na Mara, Youghal, Co Cork, previously signed pleas of guilty at the district court.

He recently affirmed those guilty pleas Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Defence senior counsel Ray Boland asked for sentencing to be adjourned until November 4 so that a probation report could be prepared on the accused.

Judge Helen Boyle acceded to that application.

The most serious drugs charge to which Lisowski pleaded guilty was one of possessing cannabis and amphetamine, where the aggregate value exceeded €13,000.

Sentencing on such a charge under the Misuse of Drugs Act carries a mandatory 10-year sentence unless the sentencing judge finds that there are exceptional circumstances in the case.

The defendant had also pleaded guilty to money laundering, in respect of a sum of cash totalling €5,525 that was also found when the drugs were seized on November 16, 2024, at his home.

The background circumstances of the case will be outlined at the sentencing hearing on November 4.