Angry scenes follow sentencing

Angry scenes followed the jailing of a Dublin man in the Central Criminal Court today when relatives of two murder victims lunged at the accused and had to be restrained.

Mark Desmond was jailed for eight years after a jury unanimously convicted him of unlawful possession of firearms with intent to endanger life. The accused was charged with the double murder of Darren Carey (aged 20) and Patrick Murray (aged 19), but the DPP dropped the charges the day the trial was due to begin. Today, the State entered a nolle prosequi in respect of the murders.