Petrol bombs ‘to be used in attack on state witness’

TWO petrol bombs found stashed in the front garden of a house in Southill were intended for an attack on the nearby home of a key state witness due to give evidence against people in an organised crime trial, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

Petrol bombs ‘to be used in attack on state witness’

Christopher Keane, aged 19, with an address at O’Callaghan’s Mills, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to possessing the bombs on dates between August 4 and August 7 last year.

Detective Garda Paul Crowley of Roxboro Road Station said gardaí were alerted after a person came across the bombs when he investigated a plastic bag hidden in a hedge.

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