"Career Criminal" jailed for three years for his role in ambushing garda car and freeing prisoner

A man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment following his guilty plea to facilitating a prisoner's escape in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Lee King, aged 27, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to his role in an organised attempt by seven people to free Paul Byrne from gardaí custody in Ballyfermot on March 6, 2012. Byrne, who had been detained in Longford, was being…