A young Dublin man who “terrified” staff and patrons at a pub with a gun because he was refused entry, has been sentenced to nine years in jail with two suspended.
Judge Katherine Delahunt said she considered Conor Beacom’s gun crime so serious that it went beyond the mandatory five-year minimum sentence.
Beacom (23), of Kilmahuddrick Lawns, Bawnogue, Clondalkin, told gardaí he “just wanted to frighten the doorman” when he returned to The Swallow Pub, Clondalkin armed with an unloaded sawn-off shotgun after being turned away on November 11th, 2007. He was on bail for an assault at Lindisfarne Park, Clondalkin on February 16th, 2006 at the time.
Beacom pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to both possession of a firearm and two assaults at the pub.