DPP v Kelso

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1984
• Date: 01 January 1984
• Court: Special Criminal Court (Ireland)

(Sp. Crim. Ct.)

Director of Public Prosecutions

and

Kelso

- Possession - Accused being constables in R. U. C. - Whether possession for a lawful purpose - Accused believing that their lives would be in danger - Whether such belief honest and reasonable - Firearms Act, 1964 (No. 1), s. 27A - Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act, 1976 (No. 14), s. 8.

The three defendants were all R.U.C. members. One night, when they were off duty, they crossed the border into this State and went to a public house in Castleblayney, County Monaghan because the public houses...