Two adults and four children, including a young baby, were in the house when Sean Mooney (26) pointed a sawn off shot gun 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 shots were fired and nobody was injured, Gda Tierney confirmed.
Mooney arrived at a garda station the next day and claimed that he been casing the area looking for houses to burgle…
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