'Mr Flashy' gets 18 months over bike saddle melee

THE leader of the 'Gucci Gang' Glen Ward - who was jailed over the possession of an AR-15 rifle - has been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for violent disorder and possessing a bicycle saddle during a melee.

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

Ward's brother Eric O'Driscoll (23) was given a 12-month suspended sentence for the same incident and given a six month sentence for reckless endangerment and dangerous driving on a motorbike in a separate incident.

Glen, who has also been named in the High Court as 'Mr Flashy', and his brother Eric, both of Deanstown Green, in Finglas, Dublin 11, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and production of articles at Cardiffsbridge Road in Finglas on August 9, 2022.