Ryan Treanor, 26, from Lurgan, gets nine-year sentence after pipe bomb explodes in his hands.
A man who blew off half of his own hands with a pipe bomb has been given a nine-year sentence.
He entered a guilty plea to one count of possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life.Treanor's failed attack was the third time the house in the Enniskeen area had been targeted The court also heard the resident of the targeted property, who was at home with her grandchildren, is the mother of a career criminal who has been subjected to other bomb attacks and an attempted shooting assassination.When she looked outside she saw "a man in dark clothing, his hands badly injured, he was focused on his hands and he was shouting for an ambulance".
The court heard that crime scene investigators found parts of blood-stained gloves and a lighter, which had been blown several feet away, with all items containing Treanor's DNA.The judge said that while Treanor has been described as "an errand boy", it was euphemism that "doesn't sit well with the gravity of the offence".
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