Jail for gunman who roamed city wearing body armour

A man wearing a bullet-proof vest and armed with a sawn-off shotgun roamed Limerick on his pedal bike, intent on shooting people, and yesterday he was jailed for five and a half years.

Before he was arrested following a chase, Jason Freyne wounded one man on a busy street, where his victim was chatting to a group including young girls, one with special needs.

The following day, an off-duty garda spotted him and after being chased on his bike, Freyne pulled the gun on gardaí, telling them he would have killed somebody had he not been arrested.