Court reports mentioning Kirsty Cummins

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2022-12-15

Young mum caught with €240k in drugs avoids jail again, despite sentence being too lenient

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: In re-sentencing Cummins today, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly said the Court of Appeal had accepted the suspended sentence imposed on Cummins was unduly lenient but noted that matters had positively progressed for the respondent in the meantime. Cummins was re-sentenced to the same fully-suspended four years' imprisonment but had her time under the supervision of probation services increased from 18 months to three years.; At a previous hearing, the matter was adjourned to allow for a probation report on Cummins to be submitted to the court.

2021-06-25

Pregnant teen avoids jail over shopping bag full of drugs

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: A co-accused of Cummins was jailed after a garda search at St Michan's House – conducted after the arrests made on February 23 – found over €300,000 worth of cocaine and heroin. Judge Nolan sentenced Cummins to four years imprisonment, but he suspended the sentence in its entirety on strict conditions including that she follow all directions of the Probation Service for 18 months.