Pair face life for intent to endanger

Two men caught with loaded handguns and a can of petrol with “an intent to endanger life” following a large-scale garda operation will be sentenced next week.

Anthony Callaghan, aged 45, and Paul Zambra, aged 39, face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for the offence. A mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years applies to Callaghan as he has a previous conviction for a firearms offence. The court may deviate from the 10 years in the case of Zambra.

Callaghan, of Millrace Road, Phoenix Park Racecourse, and Zambra, of Inagh Road, Ballyfermot, both pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a Ruger revolver and semi-automatic pistol with intent to endanger life at Clonshaugh Avenue, Coolock, on May 29, 2015.