Following a lengthy trial at Sheffield Crown Court Rebecca Stevens, leading Stephen Littlewood, secured an acquittal for Karl Keegan-Moore who was charged alongside numerous other defendants with conspiracy to convert imitation firearms. The case involved complex telephone evidence which the defence team at KBW were able to argue before the Jury did not prove Mr Keegan-Moore had any knowledge of the conspiracy.
At Sheffield Crown Court 10 men were sentenced after either pleading guilty at earlier hearings or having previously been found guilty of conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons and conspiracy to manufacture, sell or transfer ammunition.
- Danny Milner, 42, was jailed for 18 years
- Antonio Lewis, 28, was jailed for 17 years
- Zakaria West, 30, was jailed for 16 years
- Arron Ward, 42, was jailed for 16 years
- Delroy Riley, 46, was jailed for 13 years
- Andrew Loton, 37, was jailed for 12 years and 10 months
- Paul Dungworth, 38, was jailed for 11 years and six months
- Ashley Gregory, 36, was jailed for 11 years and eight months
- Joshua Drury, 34, was jailed for 11 years
- Ashley Stevenson, 22, was jailed for nine years
Shera Virk, 25, and Joseph Steele, 35, were both found guilty of three counts of possessing a prohibited weapon and one charge of possessing ammunition and sentenced at an earlier hearing.
Steele was jailed for nine years, while Virk was given an eight-year prison term.
Twelve jailed over UK's largest illegal gun factory in Sheffield - BBC News