Two men remanded over handgun possession charges

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Patrick Kennedy and Gary Yeung were remanded in custody by the non-jury Special Criminal Court after appearing on charges involving unlawful possession of handguns. The proceedings were reported on 16 September 2013.

Kennedy also faced a charge of membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann or the IRA. Yeung was additionally charged over two rounds of ammunition. Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne, sitting with Judge Alison Lindsay and Judge Margaret Heneghan, remanded both men to appear on 20 September, when bail and legal-aid applications were anticipated. Yeung’s proposed bail application was deferred after substantial sureties and time to vet them were sought.