Douch brother guilty of possession of explosives

The brother of murdered prisoner Gary Douch has been jailed for seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of explosives.

Glen Douch (aged 22) of Oakwood Green, Termonabbey, Drogheda, Co Louth told gardaí that third parties had threatened to shoot his family if he did not transport the pipe-bomb, which was seized in the front passenger seat of a blue Mazda vehicle in a north Dublin housing estate.