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15/03/2011
Pensioner Jailed For Illegal Weapons
A pensioner has been jailed for two years after illegal weapons were discovered hidden within his car scrap yard.
James 'Jimmy' Allen, 78, from Clapham in south west London, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on Friday 11 March where he was sentenced.
Detective Inspector Steve Ellen, Central Task Force said: "Allen was found in possession of dangerous weapons, which included a live firing revolver with ammunition. His plead of guilty was in the face of overwhelming evidence."
All his sentences are to run concurrently after he was arrested on 27 May 2010 when, acting on intelligence received, officers from the Central Task Force executed a firearms warrant at the scrap yard in Clapham.
Within a locked office at the venue officers discovered a 'Titan Protector' stun gun and a box containing a European American Armoury Corp single action revolver, as well as an amount of ammunition.
Allen claimed the revolver was "…a cowboy gun. I bought it to hang on the wall" but a further search also revealed an air rifle.
Allen said he was unaware of the firearms illegality, claiming to have purchased them with the sole intention of protecting himself and his business.
(BMcN)
James 'Jimmy' Allen, 78, from Clapham in south west London, appeared at Inner London Crown Court on Friday 11 March where he was sentenced.
Detective Inspector Steve Ellen, Central Task Force said: "Allen was found in possession of dangerous weapons, which included a live firing revolver with ammunition. His plead of guilty was in the face of overwhelming evidence."
All his sentences are to run concurrently after he was arrested on 27 May 2010 when, acting on intelligence received, officers from the Central Task Force executed a firearms warrant at the scrap yard in Clapham.
Within a locked office at the venue officers discovered a 'Titan Protector' stun gun and a box containing a European American Armoury Corp single action revolver, as well as an amount of ammunition.
Allen claimed the revolver was "…a cowboy gun. I bought it to hang on the wall" but a further search also revealed an air rifle.
Allen said he was unaware of the firearms illegality, claiming to have purchased them with the sole intention of protecting himself and his business.
(BMcN)
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