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13 February 2007
DUM-DUM & DUMBER
By Paula Murray
A GUN NUT who kept more than 2000 dum-dum bullets at his home was jailed for two years yesterday.
Brian McIntosh, 47, also had a cache of parts for AK47 assault rifles, and three banned stun guns.
McIntosh told police he liked collecting "illegal things".
But he also said he didn't know it was against the law to keep dum-dums-hollow-pointed rounds which blow apart on impact causing horrific wounds.
McIntosh hoarded the rifle parts to build replica weapons. But police said the components could easily be used to build a working machine pistol and an AK47.
The Russian assault rifle - a favourite of Iraqi rebels and Taliban fighters - can fire up to 600 rounds per minute.
Police raided McIntosh's home in Whiterashes, Aberdeenshire, in 2004 after a tip-off from West Midlands detectives investigating gun-dealing networks.
Aswell as the weapons parts and bullets, they found deactivated weapons and tools for working on guns and ammunition.
Officers also discovered the stun guns. McIntosh said he bought them on eBay and kept them for protection.
Vinit Khurana, prosecuting, said: "Asked why he had possession of weapons he knew were illegal, he replied that he liked to collect things that are illegal."
McIntosh told police he bought the dum-dum bullets by mail order from America. But he insisted he didn't know that it was illegal to possess them.
David Moggach, defending at the High Court in Dunfermline, accepted that McIntosh had "a rather unusual hobby".
But he stressed that although his client had been collecting guns since the 1990s, he had never fired a weapon.
Mr Moggach said: "It was not his intention whatsoever to build a working firearm. There is nothing sinister here - no criminal or terrorist links."
McIntosh admitted six firearms offences but was cleared of possessing three partly deactivated assault rifles. He has a previous firearms conviction.
The oilman could have faced a minimum sentence of five years. But Lord McPhail said he didn't have to jail him for that long because there was no suggestion he wanted to build real guns or was involved in crime, and he had been completely open about his hobby.
The judge said he had reduced McIntosh's jail term from three years because of his guilty plea.
But he added that he was concerned that McIntosh failed to appreciate how serious his crimes had been.
A female relative of McIntosh weptashe was led away to start his sentence.
13 February 2007
DUM-DUM & DUMBER
By Paula Murray
A GUN NUT who kept more than 2000 dum-dum bullets at his home was jailed for two years yesterday.
Brian McIntosh, 47, also had a cache of parts for AK47 assault rifles, and three banned stun guns.
McIntosh told police he liked collecting "illegal things".
But he also said he didn't know it was against the law to keep dum-dums-hollow-pointed rounds which blow apart on impact causing horrific wounds.
McIntosh hoarded the rifle parts to build replica weapons. But police said the components could easily be used to build a working machine pistol and an AK47.
The Russian assault rifle - a favourite of Iraqi rebels and Taliban fighters - can fire up to 600 rounds per minute.
Police raided McIntosh's home in Whiterashes, Aberdeenshire, in 2004 after a tip-off from West Midlands detectives investigating gun-dealing networks.
Aswell as the weapons parts and bullets, they found deactivated weapons and tools for working on guns and ammunition.
Officers also discovered the stun guns. McIntosh said he bought them on eBay and kept them for protection.
Vinit Khurana, prosecuting, said: "Asked why he had possession of weapons he knew were illegal, he replied that he liked to collect things that are illegal."
McIntosh told police he bought the dum-dum bullets by mail order from America. But he insisted he didn't know that it was illegal to possess them.
David Moggach, defending at the High Court in Dunfermline, accepted that McIntosh had "a rather unusual hobby".
But he stressed that although his client had been collecting guns since the 1990s, he had never fired a weapon.
Mr Moggach said: "It was not his intention whatsoever to build a working firearm. There is nothing sinister here - no criminal or terrorist links."
McIntosh admitted six firearms offences but was cleared of possessing three partly deactivated assault rifles. He has a previous firearms conviction.
The oilman could have faced a minimum sentence of five years. But Lord McPhail said he didn't have to jail him for that long because there was no suggestion he wanted to build real guns or was involved in crime, and he had been completely open about his hobby.
The judge said he had reduced McIntosh's jail term from three years because of his guilty plea.
But he added that he was concerned that McIntosh failed to appreciate how serious his crimes had been.
A female relative of McIntosh weptashe was led away to start his sentence.
