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AN Ennis man who was jailed for four years last month for a drugs of- fence has been handed an additional jail term for criminal damage.
Michael Clune (24), of John Paul Avenue, Ennis, pleaded guilty to a criminal damage charge arising out of an incident a year ago.
Ennis District Court was told on Friday that an apartment door was damaged. The accused admitted to gardai that he had been in the apart- ment.
The court was told that Clune is currently serving a four-year sen- tence, handed down in the circuit court last month for a drugs offence.
Defending solicitor Tara Godfrey said that her client was “acting un- der the influence of controlled sub- stances and alcohol” on the night in Ltn Coyne
“Unfortunately my client forced open the door,” she said, adding that the accused believed this was the apartment he had been in, earlier that night.
‘He had been drinking and had been anxious to get back into the flat where the party was on,’ she said.
Judge Joseph Mangan imposed a four-month jail term, to run consecu- tively to the four-year term Clune is currently serving.
He fixed a bond in the event of an appeal.