A firearms enthusiast who worked as an expert weapons adviser to the police was today sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a hoard of illegal weapons.
Simon Churchman, 63, was charged after cops discovered a Sampoi sub-machine gun at his cottage in Kirkcudbrightshire in March 2018.
Although the gun was in working condition and capable of firing two or more bullets successively without repeated pressure on the trigger, its safety had been “seriously compromised” and it ruptured when tested, a court heard.Churchman was also found with seven air guns, a shotgun, a rifle and more than 600 rounds of ammunition – all without the necessary certificates.The court heard how police called at Churchman's detached farm cottage on an
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