A 32 12 months previous lady earlier than Sligo District Courtroom charged with forging a cheque and likewise drug driving had a critical drug dependancy on the time, her solicitor advised the court docket.
elissa Gaffey of Racecourse View, Cranmore, Sligo was charged with lodging a cheque into her AIB account at Stephen St, Sligo for €700.16 which was initially written out for €7.16 on a date between January seventeenth 2020 and January twentieth 2020. She was additionally charged with drug driving at Caltragh Crescent, Sligo on January thirteenth 2021.
Defending solicitor Mr Tom MacSharry mentioned there was a plea. There was additionally a Probation Report in court docket.
Sergeant Derek Butler mentioned on February twenty second 2020 a criticism was recevied from Jamie White of the AIB fraud part about an alleged fraud concerning a cheque for €7.16 with Melissa Gaffey because the payee which had been altered for €700.16 and lodged to the AIB account of Melissa Gaffey ensuing within the lack of €693.
An investigation was carried out by Garda Luke Grey and Gaffey admitted altering the cheque.
Sgt Butler mentioned in relation to the second cost that on January thirteenth 2021 at 11:06pm gardaà noticed a Ford Focus being pushed in Caltragh Crescent. They noticed the automobile’s headlamps weren’t adequately lit.
They stopped it and spoke to the motive force, who was Melissa Gaffey. She supplied a specimen and the outcomes got here again constructive for cocaine.
She made admissions that she had taken cocaine earlier that day. She was arrested and delivered to Ballymote Garda Station.
She did co-operate absolutely, he mentioned. She had 3 earlier offences for non show of tax and Public Order.
Mr MacSharry mentioned she was a younger woman who had developed a critical dependancy problem and the tipping level for her was after the second offence. She sought assist in March 2021 for her dependancy points and is now clear and sober and had absolutely engaged with the Probation Companies. She was blinded by dependancy on the time and he or she did say she was keen to pay compensation to the injured occasion.
She comes from a really respectable household and has turned her life round. On the drug driving cost, Decide Sandra Murphy convicted and fined her €250 and disqualified her for one 12 months. On the opposite matter, she adjourned for six months for supervised medicine screening.
