Dark web gun fantasist pleads guilty

A Milton Keynes man who concocted an elaborate story to purchase a gun from the dark web today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a firearm and ammunition at Bristol Crown Court.

Darren Hillyer, aged 38, posed as a woman aiming to exact revenge on a paedophile ex-lover. Hillyer ordered a Luger LC9 9mm handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition from an account on a dark web forum under the guise of 'Emma'.

He was unaware that the package he was due to receive was in fact a plastic replica hidden inside a DAB radio which was under the control of officers from the National Crime Agency.

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/697-dark-web-gun-fantasist-pleads-guilty


Comments


[49 Points] heapofjelly:

Someone should sticky this so we can refer to it once a week when someone asks about buying a gun on the markets


[14 Points] HappySodomy:

What is it with the English and pedophiles?


[9 Points] PingPlay:

I'd love to know the real reason why someone from dreary old MK would want to buy a gun. It's just shopping centres and concrete cows.


[4 Points] The_fire_bird:

The pair are due to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on 30 October.

Gotta wonder what they're attempting to charge the first guy with, they've already flat out stressed that he didn't know what was in the package...

As MacPhee entered a post office in Newton Abbott **unaware of what was in the parcel**, NCA Officers moved in and arrested him on the morning of 28 July.

Forwarding mail isn't illegal. Whereas opening an item not addressed to you, just to check if it's legal is a crime.


[3 Points] None:

God Damn kenyesians stay out of my economics!!!


[2 Points] None:

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[1 Points] TiredPaedo:

Fanatic.

A gun fantasist would be a weird way to say they daydream about guns.

Which they may.


[0 Points] Battyhole:

Good article

What a pair of bellends

Unclear if NCA was vendor. If not, would be interesting to see how they knew.. 😉

Good to see either way, nice one NCA


[-1 Points] None:

i don't order online, but i truly believe buying guns online is wrong. the vendor is a piece of trash who sells it. you don't sell a gun to a random person you don't know who could end up doing a mass murder because you needed to make some money. no, do a legal business when dealing with guns. sell them to people who have been trained and are able to get them legally. almost always when someone is buying a gun illegally, the person is going to do something dangerous. there is a reason they want the gun bought illegally. i'm compeltely against the illegality of drugs. they should be legal so i think the dnm are great for people who are unable to get in real life.... the people who are in the gun business should be put in jail.