Down man pleads guilty to kidnap and hijacking garda car

A Co Down man has been remanded for sentencing in January after pleading guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to kidnapping, hijacking a Garda car and having a gun with intent to resist arrest.

32-year-old Gareth McKeown of Mount Pleasant Place, Newry, admitted attempting to rob Charles Monaghan at Dunleer and falsely imprisoning Seamus O'Neill at Dromin.