‘Bizarre case’ of woman and gun

The circumstances in which a Limerick woman was found with a powerful submachinegun were the most “bizarre and bewildering” a judge had ever come across.

Judge Tom O’Donnell made his comments at Limerick Circuit Court yesterday where Celine O’Riordan, a 32-year-old mother of one, had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a Mac 10 submachinegun and 13 rounds of ammunition.

The court heard the Mac 10 is the preferred weapon of choice “of the criminal classes”.