Councillor in firearm charge

[zzr1100]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-26032651


oops !!

[zzr1100]

'ON' firearm charge even ... !!

[Demonic69]

The gun, which he was told had been deactivated, had "sat in a cupboard for about 25 or 30 years," he added.

Maybe it called the Police on it's self, for abandonment maybe? I wonder what they were searching his home for when they stumbled upon this gun?

[Geordie bloke]

Hmmmm, what is the bet that he will get off scot free because he is a Councillor and therefore above us mere mortals.
If it was a Chief Constable that it happened to, you can guess that it would never have come to court. Or am I overreacting and too suspicious?

[Sim G]

Or am I overreacting and too suspicious?

No, just wrong.

[Sim G]

Maybe it called the Police on it's self, for abandonment maybe? I wonder what they were searching his home for when they stumbled upon this gun?

I'd imagine due to some domestic altercation and Mrs Councillor knew of it's existence.... Pay back can be a bitch....

[zzr1100]

Let's not forget that another innocent handgun got destroyed because of this !!!

[Gaz]

Poor bugger. Automatic five years, open and shut, for a lump of dusty old metal.

[Blackstuff]

Given its provenance could someone not apply to have it as a S7?

[ovenpaa]

Gaz, you say automatic 5 years, is this actually the case? I ask because I am sure I have read of a couple of recent cases where people were handed down substantially shorter sentences.