Corkman gets nine years for firing gun at gardaí like something from 'downtown LA'

During the raid, gardaí also recovered 20 live shotgun rounds, one discharged shotgun cartridge, 23 petrol bombs, pitchforks, slash-hooks and a broken pool cue

James Keenan (pictured) was sentenced to a total of 10 years with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture: Cork Courts

A judge said the firing of a home-made slam-bang shotgun at gardaí searching a house for weapons was like something from “downtown Los Angeles rather than Rochestown”, as she jailed the father of the family to nine years in jail.

56-year-old James Keenan was sentenced to a total of 10 years with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.