Joshua Allen drugs

Judge Sarah Berkeley said that she every sympathy for Joshua Allen on a personal level.

She firstly affirmed the two- month sentence imposed by Judge Gabbett and then reactivated10 months of the 15-month suspended sentence still hanging over him from Judge O’Donnabhain but she suspended the final five months, leaving Allen with a total of seven months in jail to serve. She also reactivated 10 months of a 15-month suspended sentence hanging over Allen imposed by Judge Sean O’Donnabhain at Cork Circuit Criminal Court from February 28th, 2020, for possession of €22,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply contrary to Section 15A of the Misuse of Drugs Act. Judge Berkeley first affirmed a two-month sentence imposed on Allen by Judge Alex Gabbett at Midleton District Court on July 6th, 2021, when he found him guilty of possessing €280 worth of cocaine at Pontoon, Midleton on July 10th, 2020, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Joshua Allen, the eldest son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen, has been sent back to prison for seven months for two drugs offences with the sentencing judge ...

In making her decision, Judge Berkeley said she had a number of concerns including the fact that Allen had reoffended just six weeks after being released from prison. "He had an aimless life from the age of 15 to 20. Mr O'Sullivan said the teenager had set his own boundaries and had meandered without purpose for some time. He is determined to continue on the path he is now on." She described cocaine as being a serious drug but stressed that Allen had been given every chance to stop using it. Allen had received a 30-month sentence, with half of it suspended by a judge in February 2020.