Man found guilty of possessing ammunition

A jury of ten women and two men returned a guilty verdict on the fifth day of the trial of a man accused of having 220 live bullets in a lunchbox in his house three years ago.

Don Blaney, 51, of Cnoc Abhainn, Old Church Road, Passage West, Co Cork, pleaded not guilty to being in possession of 220 live rounds of assault rifle ammunition at his home on February 18, 2005.