Boy, 14: I usually shoot with my left hand

A 14-YEAR-OLD Limerick boy, who admitted shooting at a house in the city, told gardaí that he usually used his left hand when pulling the trigger of the double barrel sawn-off shotgun used in the attack.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was yesterday described as “street wise” by a senior detective at Limerick circuit court.

The boy and another defendant, Michael Ryan from St Munchin’s Street, St Mary’s Park, admitted having a gun and cartridges at St Mary’s Park on April 2 last and causing criminal damage to a house and a car with shotgun blasts.