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Former security company employee avoids jail for having sawn-off shotgun

Date
2014-11-12

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Swords

County
Dublin

Summary

Jason Beasley, aged 38, a former G4S employee, avoided jail after pleading guilty to theft and possession of an unlicensed firearm. He admitted to discovering a disassembled 12‑gauge SKB sawn‑off shotgun in his garden shed in 2002, later bringing it into his Swords home after a series of burglaries. Gardai searched his house in January 2012 following a CCTV‑recorded theft of €54 from a parking meter; they found the gun in a spare room. Beasley had been employed by G4S collecting meter money but was not on duty during the theft. He lost his job and had no prior convictions. Judge Patrick McCartan, noting the weapon's notoriety and Beasley's role in a security firm handling cash, imposed a three‑year sentence suspended in full. The court accepted his cooperation and admissions, and the judge expressed that the authorities had no concerns about future offending.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Former security company employee avoids jail for having sawn-off shotgun. Charges or matters: theft at Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin 8 on November 27, 2011 and possession of an unlicensed firearm at Seatown Park, Swords on January 27, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 2012 Incident
November 27, 2011 Incident
January 27, 2012 Incident
2014-11-12 Publication

Why: " She said she had not contacted gardai because she was "shocked" and did not know what to do. CNI source report

Case subjects

Jason Beasley

Defendant

Charges: theft at Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin 8 on November 27, 2011 and possession of an unlicensed firearm at Seatown Park, Swords on January 27, 2012 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He imposed a three year sentence which he suspended in full.