Feud grandad sentenced over sawn-off shotgun that could have caused ‘havoc’ during fleadh 

John Nevin received a two-and-a-half-year sentence, with the final 18 months suspended, and was granted a Christmas reprieve, with the jail term to begin on January 3. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

A grandfather intercepted with a ‘lethal’ sawn-off pump-action shotgun during a family feud will be jailed for a year.

The seizure, which followed a dramatic car chase, unfolded in a packed area where crowds were heading to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, last year.