CITY MAN JAILED FOR 6 MONTHS FOR SAMURAI ATTACK

Date Published: 12-Feb-2009

Judge Mary Fahy wants Gardai to carry out house to house searches for swords and other weaponry which, she says, are featuring more and more in cases coming before the courts.19 year old Michael Donovan of 15 Lios na Run, Ballybane, denied assaulting his cousin 38 year old Gerard Donovan, of 39 Rinn Luachra, on June 5 last.He also denied being in possession of a Samurai sword.Gerard Donovan admitted he had a billhook in his possession on the same date, on the same date when a fracas broke out near his home. Judge Fahy suggested that Gardai carry out searches of people’s houses in the city to seize such weapons.She sentenced Michael Donovan to a total of six months in prison and she imposed a suspended six-month prison term on the other man.