March 13th, 2017

Firearms accused receives a 12 month suspended sentence after judge persuaded not to impose 5 year minimum jail sentence

  A Stone man represented by Sheppards Solicitors avoided a mandatory minimum term of 5 years imprisonment when the Judge dealing with the case was persuaded to find exceptional circumstances not to impose the minimum sentence. Under Section 5(1a)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968, anyone found in possession of a firearm disguised as another item […]