Traveller jailed for assault and death threat

A 21-year-old traveller who stabbed a man after a boxing contest and later made a threat to kill another man during which he fired a shotgun has been sentenced to seven years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Richard McCann of St Josephs Park, Dunsink Lane, Finglas pleaded guilty to assaulting Simon O'Donnell causing him harm at St. Philomena's Halting Site, Ballycoolin on March 23, 2005.