2013-11-19 · Waterford
Rockett who told gardai mortars were gateposts gets five-year sentence
David Rockett, 31, of Grawn Lower, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, pleaded guilty to possessing three mortar launch tubes manufactured for a dissident republican engineering network. The tubes were seized during a 2011 investigation; Rockett admitted he knew their purpose but claimed he was motivated by financial need. He told Gardaí the tubes were…