Father-of-three jailed for a year
A drunken father-of-three who told gardai he intended to use a dumbbell bar to "bleedin' kill" a man that a female friend had accused of sexually assaulting her has been jailed for a year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Adil Essalhi (aged 28), of The Maples Court, Clonshaugh, pleaded guilty to possession of an iron weights bar from a dumbbell for an unlawful purpose on Briarfield Grove, Killbarrack on July 5, 2008.