Mark Clarke gets suspended sentence for firearm possession

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Mark Clarke received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year sentence for firearm possession at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 17 November 2020. He had pleaded guilty to possessing a decommissioned pump-action shotgun, 13 shotgun cartridges and blank cartridges at his home and in Martin’s Bar, Rush, on 15 February 2019.

The sentence included strict conditions, including 12 months’ engagement with the Probation Service to address alcohol-related concerns. The court was told that nobody was threatened, although customers felt uneasy, and that Clarke’s behaviour was considered out of character. No hearing or sentencing date is supplied in the report.