Man pleads guilty to possession of semi-automatic rifle at house in Finglas

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Man pleads guilty to possession of semi-automatic rifle at house in Finglas
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Glen Ward (32) appeared briefly before the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court

Glen Ward entered a guilty plea to the charge that on January 1st, 2022 at an address in Finglas he was in possession of or had control of a .223 calibre Remington AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish TimesA Dublin man has pleaded guilty to possession of a semi-automatic rifle at a house in Finglas where video footage from a phone seized by gardaí showed the weapon being fired.

The guns were found to be in good condition and were successfully fired by a garda ballistics examiner, the detective said. Eric O’Driscoll’s name and a phone that they were later able to connect to the defendant. Det Insp Kelly said analysts found a video clip on the phone in which O’Driscoll could be seen taking the AR-15 rifle from another man and firing it from the rear of a home in Finglas.

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