Gun pointed at gardaí was 'cocked, ready for use'

A jury at the trial of a Clondalkin man accused of pointing a loaded gun at gardaí has heard that the weapon allegedly recovered from him was “cocked, ready for use” and had its serial number erased.

Ian Dutton (aged 46) is on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of pointing the weapon at gardaí outside a house where they were conducting a drugs search and later reproducing the gun while resisting arrest.