A TEENAGER who was convicted of violent disorder during the steakhouse killing of Tristan Sherry was caught less than six months later burying a gun, ammo and €60,000 of drugs in a park for the Hennessy crime gang, the Special Criminal Court has heard. The 18-year-old Dubliner, who can not be named because he was a minor when he came before the courts, pleaded guilty to a number of offences at Tolka Valley Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 on May 7/8, 2024. Among the charges were the possession of one or more controlled drugs valued at €13,000 or more, for the purpose of unlawfully selling or otherwise supplying the drugs to another. In addition, he was charged with the possession of a side-by-side shotgun and the possession of 15 rounds of 9 x 18mm Makarov calibre Sellier and Bellot made ammunition and ten 12 Gauge ELEY Olympics shotgun cartridges. At the Special Criminal Court, Garda Daniel Sweeney said that the defendant was engaged in this activity in the context of the Hennessy criminal gang and had been carrying this out at their behest. The defendant was on bail at the time for violent disorder at the Steakhouse where Tristan Sherry shot and fatally wounded Jason Hennessy snr before being beaten to death. The defendant was subsequently convicted and is now serving a sentence for that offence of two years and four months, with the final year suspended. Defence counsel, Padraig Dwyer SC put it to Garda Sweeney that the defendant had a weapon for his protection, as he had reason to be concerned for his own safety. To this, Garda Sweeney said: “In my opinion, I don’t think he’d have any concerns for his own safety. He was burying guns and drugs for the Hennessys, and that organisation is involved in shootings and drug trafficking.” Judge Karen O’Connor, presiding, adjourned the matter to July 7 next for sentencing.