A second man has appeared in court in connection with an incident in which a gun was fired on a Swansea road in the middle of the afternoon.
Police swooped on the area around the Asda supermarket on Swansea Enterprise Zone on the afternoon of Friday, November 6 after a vehicle "sustained damage consistent with a firearms discharge". A critical incident was declared as officers dealt with the situation.
Court Appearance
On Friday morning 24-year-old David Joyce appeared at Swansea Magistrates Court charged with affray and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. No pleas were entered during the brief hearing and the case was committed to Swansea Crown Court.
The defendant, of Bonymaen Road, Bonymaen, Swansea, was remanded into custody to appear at the higher court on December 14. Joyce gave a thumbs up gesture to family members and supporters in the public gallery as he was taken down to the cells.
Related Charges
On Monday 29-year-old Thomas Gilheaney, of Pant-y-Blawd travellers site, Llansamlet, Swansea, appeared before magistrates charged with affray and possessing an offensive weapon, namely a machete, in connection with the same incident. He was committed in custody to Swansea Crown Court on December 11.
Two other people arrested in connection with the incident - a 41-year-old man from Llansamlet arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and a 16-year-old boy, also from Llansamlet, arrested on suspicion of affray - remain on police bail.
