A youth caught selling drugs at the Point Depot and on the streets on successive occasions has been jailed for five years. Sunil Sharpe (19) also had drugs concealed in two flats and had large sums of cash which he admitted came from selling illegal drugs.
Sharpe, with addresses at Brighton Avenue and Mount Tallant Avenue, Dublin, pleaded guilty to having ecstasy, cannabis resin, amphetamines and LSD for sale on dates in June, August and October, 1996.
Judge Cyril Kelly was told in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that Sharpe was on bail when he committed both the August and October offences. He jailed Sharpe for two years on the June offence and for three years on the August and October charges, the sentences to run consecutively.
Garda Sean McLaughlin told Mr Desmond Zaiden, prosecuting, that he observed Sharpe selling ecstasy at a "rave" in the Point Depot on June 1st, 1996. He had 30 other tablets on him as well as £1,000 in cash when searched. Sharpe admitted having bought 50 ecstasy tablets earlier to sell them.
Cannabis was found in a search the next day of a flat in Ranelagh which he shared with another youth.
Garda Ciaran Baker told Mr Zaiden that £1,058 worth of cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamines and LSD was found in the same flat on August 23rd, 1996. Witness said that he caught Sharpe selling drugs on the street on October 15th, 1996. Sharpe had £1,030 in cash and ephedrine valued at £300 in the flat he then occupied at Mount Tallant Avenue.
Sharpe's mother told Judge Kelly that he dropped out of school after his Junior Certificate and left home. However, he was now back at home and studying for the Leaving Certificate. His behaviour had improved considerably.