Man (25) pleads guilty to drug offences at Derry Crown Court

A man is to be sentenced at the end of September after he admitted a series of drug offences when he appeared at Derry Crown Court in the city on Wednesday.

James Doherty, aged 25, of Clon Elagh in Derry was charged with being concerned in the supply of class A and class B drugs on dates between April 26 and July 26, 2024.

Doherty was also charged with possessing class A and B and C drugs on various dates between July 9, 2024 and January 18, 2025.

When the charges were put to him he pleaded guilty to a total of six charges.

A pre-sentence report was ordered and Doherty will be sentenced on September 30.

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