Corkman on trial on assault-rifle ammunition charge

A man was put on trial today on a charge of having 220 live rounds of assault rifle ammunition at his home in Passage West in Co Cork.

The jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court was told the ammunition was found in a lunchbox contained in a drawer in an office attic during the search of Don Blayney’s home in Cnoc Abhainn, Old Church Road on February 18, 2005. Blayney pleaded not guilty to that charge.