14-year-old shooter found wearing bulletproof vest, court hears

A LIMERICK boy who recently made Irish criminal history as the youngest person ever convicted of using a sawn-off shotgun, was found wearing a bulletproof vest as he feared he would be shot, Limerick District Court heard.

The boy, aged 14, was ordered to be detained for two-and-a-half years two weeks ago at Limerick Circuit Court for firing a number of blasts from a sawn-off shotgun into a house.

The District Court was told yesterday that at around the time of that shooting last April, the boy was stopped driving a car and found to be wearing a bullet proof vest. He was also carrying a knife inside the vest.