No criminal conviction for man who said he had stun gun for his own protection 'after racist abuse'

The stun gun was found in a bag handed over by Divyesh Patel to a security guard. The accused had told him the weapon was inside the bag.

A 25-year-old Indian man has been spared jail after he was caught with a stun gun at a UK visa and immigration advice centre in Dublin.

Divyesh Patel, with an address at Woodlands Road, Cabinteely, Dublin pleaded guilty to an offensive weapons charge.