2014-08-02
Man armed himself with a crossbow and barricaded himself and child in house in stand-off with gardai
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Now he is back on a waiting list as he could not contact the Mental Health Services while he was in custody,' explained Mr Hennessy. 'He is a man who has difficulties and needs help and I ask the court not to go down the route of a custodial sentence.' Judge Dermot Dempsey said he had no psychiatric report in front of him and he was not satisfied that O'Neill should be at liberty, he said he could see no way around custody convicted and sentenced him to six months in prison.