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Man who was making cannabis oil to help dying mother avoids jail

Summary

Kevin Lappin, 37, and his partner Jemma Dinnigan, 35, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of drugs for sale or supply on 9 January 2019. They claimed they had €28,000 worth of cannabis to make cannabis oil for Lappin's mother, who had cancer in 2018 and later died. Garda Paul Nolan stopped Dinnigan's car after detecting a strong cannabis smell; she was found over the driving limit and later searched, revealing €28,360 of cannabis in the house and €224 in the car. Lappin was arrested the following month and admitted ownership of the cannabis. Judge Pauline Codd noted the unusual aspect of attempting to produce cannabis oil for personal use, accepted their early guilty pleas, and, citing low reoffending risk, imposed a three‑year suspended sentence on both, with conditions.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man who was making cannabis oil to help dying mother avoids jail. Charges or matters: possession of the drugs for sale or supply on January 9, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• January 9, 2019 Incident
• August 2018 Incident
• 2022-01-18 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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