Man claims bullets were inspiration for crime novel

A MAN on trial for having ammunition at his home in Passage West, Co Cork, told a detective he had two particular bullets in a biscuit tin in his bedroom as an inspiration for the writing of crime novels.

Detective Garda Ian Breen testified that he found what looked like a Magnum 357 bullet and a .38 bullet in a biscuit tin in Don Blayney’s bedroom at his home at Cnoc Abhainn, Old Church Road, Passage West.

“I asked him why he had them. He said he was a crime writer and they were an inspiration for his crime novels … He told me he used them as an inspiration for his writing,” Detective Garda Breen said.