Stun gun found during search of house in Laois
Portlaoise District Court
WHEN gardaí carried out a search of a house in Laois, they uncovered a stun gun disguised as a torch hidden under a bed.
The defendant told gardaí at the time that she didn’t know that stun guns were illegal in Ireland and that she had it for a long time.
That was the evidence given at Portlaoise District Court last week when Agnieszka Bochenska from Cluain na Greine, Cloneygowan, Portarlington pleaded guilty to the possession of an offensive weapon at her home on 20 December last.
Defending barrister Paul Noctor said that his 51-year-old client had received the stun gun as a gift while she had been living in Poland. He said it was battery operated and had been kept in a cupboard for some time. He said that Ms Bochenska genuinely believed that it was not illegal to have one.
Judge Susan Fay said that if the defendant had €300 to contribute to the court poor box by 9 June that she would apply the Probation Act, if not she would convict Bochenska of the offence and fine her €500.
