Suspended sentence for possession of guns and ammunition

A father-of-one who picked up two shotguns and ammunition from a derelict house after a man threatened to put a hand grenade through his window has been given a six-year suspended sentence.

Sean Ward (aged 23), of Balcurris Road, Ballymun, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the shotguns and cartridges at his home on November 26, 2005.