Boxer jailed for posession of handgun

A promising boxer who joined the Irish army after an injury to his hand put an end to his sporting career has been jailed for four years after he was caught in possession of a 9mm calibre revolver.

Eric Wainsboro (aged 21) of Cherry Garth, Rivervalley, Swords, received a concurrent two-year jail term for an attack on a young man on Dublin’s O’Connell Street following an altercation between two groups of youths.