{"id":441829,"date":"2026-05-10T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/441829\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:27:09","slug":"man-49-admits-dealing-drugs-in-letterkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/441829\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 49, admits dealing drugs in Letterkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has tendered a guilty plea to a drug dealing offence in Letterkenny.<\/p>\n<p>Wojciech Prystupa appeared before Letterkenny District Court in relation to an offence from March, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Prystupa, who has been charged with being in possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling or otherwise supplying to another, will go forward to the Circuit Court on foot of a signed guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old, with an address of Glebe House, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, was also charged with being in possession of a controlled drug.<\/p>\n<p>The charges relate to March 30, 2021 at Letterkenny Shopping Centre Car Park.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Simon Gillespie BL, barrister for Prystupa, instructed by solicitor Mr Donough Cleary, told the court that his client would be tendering a signed guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>Prystupa, who was aided by an interpreter in court, confirmed that he understood the charges, that he was signing a guilty plea and would go forward to the Circuit Court for sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am guilty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/six-digital-hubs-to-be-modernised-in-donegal-633338\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Six digital hubs to be modernised in Donegal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/six-digital-hubs-to-be-modernised-in-donegal.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Six digital hubs to be modernised in Donegal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lifestyle\/street-feast-returns-to-letterkenny-cathedral-quarter-633328\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Street Feast returns to Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/street-feast-returns-to-letterkenny-cathedral-quarter.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Street Feast returns to Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspector Pat McCann told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has consented to the accused being sent forward to the Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Emile Daly made an order returning Prystupa for trial and administered the alibi warning. A section 56 order, relating to interviews, was also made.<\/p>\n<p>Legal aid was granted to Mr Cleary and one counsel was assigned in the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has tendered a guilty plea to a drug dealing offence in Letterkenny. Wojciech Prystupa appeared before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-441829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}