The 31-year-old father-of-one, who’s captain of his native cup-winning cricket crew, additionally admitted possession of cocaine in addition to a lot of prescribed drugs together with diazepam and tramadol.
A cricket captain turned cocaine vendor has had his sentence deferred to permit him to journey to Australia to take the crease for Melbourne.
After listening to that Andrew Millar had been given “the chance of a lifetime” to play cricket in Oz, District Decide Peter King adjourned sentencing till April subsequent 12 months, when the 31-year-old will probably be again to Northern Eire.
The decide opted for that course after listening to that any jail sentence, even when suspended, would spoil Millar's likelihood of getting a visa to play Down Below.
At an earlier listening to Millar, of Monnaboy Street in Eglinton, Co Derry, pleaded responsible to caring within the provide of sophistication A cocaine between March 18 and Could 17 final 12 months.
The 31-year-old father-of-one, who’s captain of his native cup-winning cricket crew, additionally admitted possession of cocaine in addition to a lot of prescribed drugs together with diazepam and tramadol.
Counsel for the prosecution advised Limavady Magistrates Courtroom, sitting in Coleraine, on Wednesday that, appearing underneath a warrant obtained underneath the Misuse of Medication Act, police carried out a deliberate search of Millar's residence on Could 17 of final 12 months.
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