By Sonya McLean
A man who was pressurised by a prisoner to fire gunshots at a family home because of a grudge with a previous occupant of the house has been jailed for three and a half years.
Two adults and four children, including a young baby, were in the house when Sean Mooney (26) pointed a sawn-off shotgun at the front door, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told.
The adults saw Mooney on the home’s CCTV cameras. He was dressed in black with his face covered.
Garda Stephen Tierney told the court that the weapon jammed and Mooney walked away. He returned a short time later and was again spotted on the cameras carrying the gun.
A person in the house threw their mobile phone at the door, which caused a loud bang and Mooney ran off. No shot…
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