A deactivated missile - evil semi auto rifles and OMG - just look at that "stockpile" of ammo!!
A GUN-obsessed pensioners staggering arsenal has been revealed including nine handguns, a Tommy gun, semi-automatic rifles, deactivated machine gun and a Spitfire missile.
Ex-serviceman Harry Jones, a gun club secretary for nearly 40 years was jailed for two years at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court after admitting charges of possessing illegal weapons.
His obsession with firearms led him to amass a terrifying arsenal of illegal weapons, including nine handguns and an Al Capone-style Tommy gun - all in full working order. The RAF veteran’s hoard could have caused carnage if it had fallen into the wrong hands.
Along with the illegal weapons, cops found his collection of legally-held carelessly firearms strewn around his Dukinfield home, including semi-automatic rifles lying on his bedroom floor and a deactivated machine gun by the sofa.
It took officers four days to sort the international collection of guns, shells and helmets which filled every room in his house, and an Army lorry was needed to remove it.
But Jones, described by his lawyer as ‘a good man’, has now been jailed for two years at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court after admitting charges of possessing prohibited weapons.
The search of his home was prompted by a routine check of the Tameside Gun Club’s premises at a converted army facility in Mossley , back on July 9, 2014.
Jones owned a Walther PP the gun traditionally favoured by James Bond Manchester Evening News
Cops found a Tommy gun concealed in a violin case Manchester Evening News
Jones told police that he had taken up to ‘nine to 11’ handguns into his possession over the years Manchester Evening News
Ammunition was also found at the pensioners home Manchester Evening News
Prosecutor Henry Blackshaw revealed that there was one locker which officers were unable to access, which belonged to John Robson, a 71-year-old engineer from Preston.
When officers forced entry to it they found turret machine guns from Lancaster bombers, wing-mounted machine guns from Spitfires, and nine buckets containing sub-machine gun components and armour piercing ammunition.
Robson had scavenged eight cannons from WWII crash-sites, potentially disturbing war graves, after sneaking onto private land up and down the country.
He admitted firearms offences alongside Jones, but was spared jail.
A GUN-obsessed pensioners staggering arsenal has been revealed including nine handguns, a Tommy gun, semi-automatic rifles, deactivated machine gun and a Spitfire missile.
Ex-serviceman Harry Jones, a gun club secretary for nearly 40 years was jailed for two years at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court after admitting charges of possessing illegal weapons.
His obsession with firearms led him to amass a terrifying arsenal of illegal weapons, including nine handguns and an Al Capone-style Tommy gun - all in full working order. The RAF veteran’s hoard could have caused carnage if it had fallen into the wrong hands.
Along with the illegal weapons, cops found his collection of legally-held carelessly firearms strewn around his Dukinfield home, including semi-automatic rifles lying on his bedroom floor and a deactivated machine gun by the sofa.
It took officers four days to sort the international collection of guns, shells and helmets which filled every room in his house, and an Army lorry was needed to remove it.
But Jones, described by his lawyer as ‘a good man’, has now been jailed for two years at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court after admitting charges of possessing prohibited weapons.
The search of his home was prompted by a routine check of the Tameside Gun Club’s premises at a converted army facility in Mossley , back on July 9, 2014.
Jones owned a Walther PP the gun traditionally favoured by James Bond Manchester Evening News
Cops found a Tommy gun concealed in a violin case Manchester Evening News
Jones told police that he had taken up to ‘nine to 11’ handguns into his possession over the years Manchester Evening News
Ammunition was also found at the pensioners home Manchester Evening News
Prosecutor Henry Blackshaw revealed that there was one locker which officers were unable to access, which belonged to John Robson, a 71-year-old engineer from Preston.
When officers forced entry to it they found turret machine guns from Lancaster bombers, wing-mounted machine guns from Spitfires, and nine buckets containing sub-machine gun components and armour piercing ammunition.
Robson had scavenged eight cannons from WWII crash-sites, potentially disturbing war graves, after sneaking onto private land up and down the country.
He admitted firearms offences alongside Jones, but was spared jail.
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