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Wed 04 Apr 2011Man 'unaware' of gun laws
A Romanian man who was armed with a pistol as he made a delivery to St Patrick’s Institution has escaped a prison term after a judge accepted he genuinely believed he was allowed possess it.
Sandor Hideg (33) was delivering a skip to the detention centre and handed the gun to guards because he thought he had to check it in before entering. The court heard the guards were “perplexed” and in the confusion, Hideg was handed back the gun.
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