Teen jailed for holding machine gun had 'level of knowledge' about firearms from 'Call of Duty'

Detective Garda Donal Donoghue said that Mark Skelly had claimed “a level of knowledge” about firearms from playing the computer game “Call of Duty”. File photo: iStock

A young father who was holding a rare and powerful machine gun in order to pay off a drug debt has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.

Mark Skelly (aged 19) of Bulfin House, Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a Mac-10 firearm, ammunition and a silencer at his father's home in Ballyfermot on May 21, 2019. He has no previous convictions.