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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Army corporal who told gardai he bought cannabis for dying wife avoids criminal conviction 🌿Army corporal who told gardai he bought cannabis for dying wife avoids criminal conviction
Corporal Damian Flood (39) was caught with €9,814 worth of cannabis herb near Nutgrove in Dublin on March 15 2013. He initially told gardaí he was moving the drugs to pay off a debt of €40,000.
However, the widowed father-of-two later said he brought the the drugs after online research showed him juiced cannabis added to food could act as a pain reliever.
Flood told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he wanted to ease the suffering of his wife, who was terminally ill with breast cancer. She died some five months later.
Flood of Scribblestown Avenue, Finglas, Dublin pleaded guilty to possessing the drug for sale or supply.
He apologised to the court, saying he was “embarrassed” to be there. “It was a moment of madness,” he said.
The court heard Flood has served over 18 years with the Defence Forces, including several overseas postings, and is three years from...
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