Man jailed for pointing rifle at gardaí and role in ‘mini riot’

A man who pointed a bolt action rifle at gardaí in “a threatening and aggressive manner” has been jailed for seven years for this, a burglary and a “mini riot” in a detention centre.

Stephen Kelly, aged 20, of Windmill Park, Crumlin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to violent disorder at St Patrick’s Institution on March 18, 2013, and to possession of the rifle on March 25, 2014.

Garda Enda Daly agreed with James Dwyer BL, prosecuting, that a subsequent examination of the rifle concluded that it wasn’t capable of firing but added that he had no way of knowing that.