Man had heavy-duty handgun for 'self-defence'

A man who was arrested recently while in possession of a heavy-duty handgun has had his bail on this matter upheld at a vacation sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he claimed he had been offered it for self defence following threats against his life.

John Mangan, aged 39, Larkhill Road, Whitehall claimed a girl had handed him the Magnum revolver on the road outside the Comet Pub in Santry minutes before his arrest in the premises.