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The criminal who brandished a gun in notorious gang film

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A man who once brandished a weapon in a BBC documentary will now serve out a prison sentence for burglary.

Stephen Hooton was one of the gang members who appeared in Panorama programme Young Gunmen. The 2008 documentary took an in depth look at gun crime in Merseyside after the death of schoolboy Rhys Jones, the Liverpool Echo reports. READ MORE: Police cordon off crashed cars after 'men with baseball bats' spotted on street Hooton, who appeared in the film, was reported to police by his father who recognised his son's voice.

In the film Hooton, who just 16 at the time, was filmed handling a shotgun and handgun while dressed in dark clothing with his face

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