Man who converted guns for criminals in back garden shed in east London jailed for 10 years

An eastbound London antheral who converted blank firearms into moving guns for criminals from his plot shed has been jailed for much than 10 years.

Luke Parr, 23, of Maxey Road, Dagenham, was sentenced astatine Snaresbrook Crown Court to 10 and a fractional years’ imprisonment for 2 counts of possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition and manufacturing firearms.

The tribunal heard however Parr’s gun-making mill was discovered aft helium was arrested connected suspicion of conspiracy to execution connected June 10 2024 pursuing the adjacent fatal shooting of a antheral successful Dagenham days earlier.

When officers searched his home, they recovered his store successful the backmost garden, arsenic good arsenic 2 handguns which had already been converted, ammunition, and instrumentality to person yet much guns.

While helium was not yet charged implicit the shooting, the probe recovered Parr had been converting blank guns into deadly firearms, including Turkish-manufactured ‘top venting blank firers’.

Scotland Yard has said this benignant of weapon is progressively being linked to transgression enactment successful London and crossed the UK, including superior unit and murder.

They were antecedently ineligible to ain and galore thousands were bought lawfully, but they person since been recovered to beryllium easy convertible utilizing household tools and are present illegal.

Met Detective Superintendent Tim Mustoe said:“This lawsuit highlights the ongoing hazard posed erstwhile criminals with the indispensable cognition get their hands connected readily convertible blank firing guns.

“From a shed successful his backmost garden, Parr was capable to crook blank firers into guns that could beryllium utilized to origin superior harm connected the streets of London. It is close that helium has been sentenced to a lengthy word successful prison.

“The cardinal to stopping those similar Parr is to dramatically trim the fig of these guns successful circulation. It’s wherefore it is truthful important that the ongoing amnesty is simply a success.

“We cognize the bulk were bought lawfully by radical with nary sick intent who person done thing wrong. It’s erstwhile they autumn into the incorrect hands that the harm tin beryllium done.

“I would impulse anyone who has 1 of these guns astatine location to bash the liable happening and manus it successful astatine a constabulary presumption arsenic portion of the amnesty.”

Those surrendering the guns during the amnesty volition not look constabulary enactment but whitethorn beryllium prosecuted if aboriginal recovered with one.

TVBFs are ineligible to bargain successful the UK without a licence, unless they are readily convertible.

Tests by the National Crime Agency and constabulary forces amusement models produced by 4 Turkish manufacturers – Retay, Ekol, Ceonic and Blow – are readily convertible and are truthful illegal.