2025-07-15
Amateur MMA fighter caught with cannabis given 'opportunity to reflect'
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Patricia McNamara, noting it was Byrne's first drug offence, told him: "Hopefully [it's] your last." She invited Byrne to voluntarily engage with a restorative justice drugs awareness programme, describing it as "an opportunity to reflect". "You don't have to do it – but let's see if you do," she told him.; The case was adjourned to October 10 for Byrne to complete the programme and submit a reflective piece.