Dundalk court: Suspended sentence for possession of knife

A man who denied having any weapons on him when he was told he was going to be searched by gardaí, replied "I don't know" when a knife with a 6" blade was found concealed in an inside pocket of his jacket and he was asked why he had it.

The court was told the officers had been on mobile patrol on Park Street around 9.25pm on February 18th when they spotted Oisín Quinn McDonagh (22) of Castleross, Castletown Road, Dundalk attempting to evade them.

The Defence barrister said her client had no previous convictions and was sorry for his actions in carrying the knife.

Judge Ciaran Liddy accepted jurisdiction in the case and imposed a six month sentence for possessing the knife.

He suspended the sentence for two years on the defendant entering his own bond of €200 to be of good behaviour during that period.

A separate charge of allowing himself to be carried in a vehicle taken without the consent of the owner was put back to Dundalk district court.

That offence is alleged to have occurred at The Square, Blackrock on January 25th last.