Man arrested as crossbow, handgun and pepper spray seized during Garda search in Drogheda
€4,000 in cash and cheques and a small quantity of controlled substances were also seized.
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€4,000 in cash and cheques and a small quantity of controlled substances were also seized.
Judge Mark Lucraft QC remanded him in custody to be sentenced on 29 November.
Mark Waterfall shot the doctor at close range but managed not to fatally injure him.
On Thursday evening police were called to a disturbance in Ballynagard Crescent.
The 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.
“Owners of crossbows should be mindful of where and when they use them,” Sergeant Greg Dawson said.
The incident occurred in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough.
The judge accepted the man abused alcohol and drugs, had a difficult childhood, had little education and very little structure in his life.
Two men are due in court on poaching charges related to the lion’s death.
Four others were also injured in the incident.
A 36-year-old man is recovering after being attacked and forced into the vehicle in Coalisland last evening.
There was a woman in the flat at the time of the attack.
Police also recovered a small crossbow following a search of a house in the Carnhill area.
The 32-year-old is charged after allegedly firing a crossbow in a nightclub in January.