Judge Keenan Johnson said he 'shuddered to think' about the havoc that could have been caused by the weapon, originally stolen in a burglary in Athenry, Co Galway 20 years ago
A grandfather intercepted carrying a "lethal" sawn-off pump action shotgun during a heightened family feud in Mullingar is to be jailed for a year.
Imposing sentence today, Judge Johnson noted that they were deemed by the Probation Service to be at moderate risk of reoffending. Father and son stood silently with their heads bowed as the judge rebuked them over the incident he described as "inherently dangerous and reckless" and which happened as gardai had been encouraging the feuding factions to make peace.
John Nevin, of Columb Drive, and father-of-four David Nevin, the Cedars, Lakepoint, in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, had pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to offences under the Firearms Act for unlawful possession of the Winchester pump action shotgun and five cartridges at Columb Drive in Mullingar on August 9, 2023.
The detective sergeant said John Nevin was driving in an edgy fashion, rounded a corner and accelerated. He came to a junction and, with "tyres smoking", overtook a car, which was forced to take evasive action.
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