Wednesday 12 March 2014  Five years for enforcer 'who shot
himself to avoid jail'  A FEARED gangland enforcer who is
suspected of shooting himself in the leg and claiming it was a
punishment shooting to avoid going to jail over Christmas has
been sentenced to five years.  PATRICK 'Pajo' Hanlon (32), who
has strong links to the INLA terror group, was given a six-year
jail sentence, with the final year suspended, for kidnapping a
man in Coolock on the night of January 12, 2010.  The Tallaght
man had been originally charged with threatening to kill the
kidnap victim, but these charges were dropped after he pleaded
guilty to false imprisonment.  The kidnap happened at the Glin
Stores in the north Dublin suburb when shopkeeper Sean Cummins
was held hostage in Clondalkin by an armed gang for almost four
hours.  Mr Cummins managed to break free and ran into a house on
the Woodford Estate, seeking refuge while gardai were alerted.
Hanlon was due to appear before a sentencing hearing at Dublin
Circuit Court when he