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'Arrogant' woman with 'genuine affection for weapons' caught with stash of guns in her home
Wales Online ^

Posted on 01/20/2018 2:32:35 PM PST by nickcarraway

Self-professed 'weapons expert' Nigelle Von De Bar Baskerville had a live revolver in a book and another stored under a step

A “cavalier” woman with a “genuine affection for weapons” was caught with five illegal firearms – including a revolver stashed in a book – and more than 700 unlawful rounds of live ammunition in her home.

Nigelle Von De Bar Baskerville, 55, from Powys , who referred to herself as an expert in weapons, was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting a string of firearms offences.

Opening the case, prosecutor Nigel Fryer said: “She had a hoard of weapons.”

The court heard the local authority received a report of firearms at her property in Llangynog, Builth Wells, in November 2012 and reported the matter to the police.

Prosecutors said police officers searched the property and recovered “a number of weapons”.

The court heard police found five prohibited firearms, along with 735 rounds of ammunition held unlawfully.

Mr Fryer said officers discovered one revolver in a book and another under a step.

He argued the storage was “neither safe, nor lawful”, adding that none of the weapons were deactivated and all of the ammunition was live.

The prosecutor said: “The Crown say she had an arrogant and cavalier attitude to weapons.”

Wheelchair-bound paedophile caught when carer spotted him deleting pictures from his iPad Von De Bar Baskerville was arrested on December 6, 2012 while travelling on the A481 towards Builth Wells .

She stated the weapons were “historically interesting” and accepted she had occasionally fired them.

Mr Fryer said: “The reality of the situation is this – she had a hoard of weapons at this address and a substantial amount of illegal ammunition.

“It may be that she disagrees with the law but she is not above the law.”

He suggested that by keeping unsecured weapons at an isolated location they “could have fallen into the hands of others”.

Von De Bar Baskerville, from Neuadd Fach in Llangynog, Builth Wells, admitted five counts of possessing a prohibited firearm.

She also admitted two counts of possessing prohibited ammunition and 20 counts of possessing ammunition without a licence.

The defendant appeared via video link from HM Eastwood Park Prison for the hearing.

Matthew Roberts, defending, argued the weapons were “antiques” and described them as “works of art she has collected”.

He added: “She has a genuine affection for weapons.”

Mr Roberts said his client, who described herself as “an expert in firearms”, owned other weapons lawfully.

He told the court she complied with the police, told them where the weapons were kept, and made admissions in interview.

Referring to a pre-sentence report and a psychological report he said: “She does not pose any threat at all.”

He said the defendant, who uses a wheelchair, has found her time in a custodial setting difficult and argued there were “exceptional circumstances”.

Judge Richard Twomlow found there were exceptional circumstances and did not impose the minimum sentence of five years.

Von De Bar Baskerville was jailed for two years and the judge made an order for the weapons to be confiscated and destroyed.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunconfiscation; guncontrol; lossofrights; sad; wales
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To: tumblindice

Thanks for the chuckle. I’ve been fighting the flu the last couple of day.


41 posted on 01/20/2018 4:24:38 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, they have to further denigrate her as “arrogant” for having the NERVE to try to arm herself. How dare she?


42 posted on 01/20/2018 4:25:33 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: nickcarraway

Somewhere a Democrat is pleasuring themselves reading this Story of Utopia on Earth.


43 posted on 01/20/2018 4:27:49 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Shithole".)
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To: nickcarraway

“Von De Bar Baskerville was jailed for two years and the judge made an order for the weapons to be confiscated and destroyed.”

It’s too bad she doesn’t live in our country; she could have all the guns she wants.


44 posted on 01/20/2018 4:32:52 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: certrtwngnut; All

The poedophile line was an ad that got caught up in the cut and paste from the origninal site.


45 posted on 01/20/2018 4:43:32 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Good! Hope you’re better soon.
I’ve been nursing a wrenched back since Monday, but not that nasty flu, knock on wood.


46 posted on 01/20/2018 4:45:32 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: marktwain

My spelling was worth less in that post!


47 posted on 01/20/2018 4:45:39 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: SaveFerris
But . . . but . . . but she had live ammunition!!!

(Though it would be a lot less fun with dead ammunition.)

48 posted on 01/20/2018 4:46:29 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Old Grumpy

It’s too bad she doesn’t live in our country; she could have all the guns she wants.


Arrogant - It sounds like she tried to reason with the coppers, and they were having none of it.


49 posted on 01/20/2018 4:46:41 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: nickcarraway

Poor, insane UK. I can’t help but feel sorry from them. Our Founders were wise to put that crowd behind us.


50 posted on 01/20/2018 4:46:45 PM PST by GingisK
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To: nickcarraway
Nigelle Von De Bar Baskerville had a live revolver in a book and another stored under a step ... and the judge made an order for the weapons to be confiscated and destroyed.

I called all of my firearms into the room and let them read this.
They are out in the yard now holding a candlelight vigil of mourning.
Bloody murder is what it was!

:`(

51 posted on 01/20/2018 5:00:45 PM PST by TigersEye (#ReleaseTheMemo)
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To: GingisK

“Poor, insane UK....”. Nope, just despicable Brits.


52 posted on 01/20/2018 5:06:50 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
700 rounds = $125 dollars. Big stinking deal.

I have that much ammo for guns I don't like enough to take to the range to shoot.

53 posted on 01/20/2018 5:17:33 PM PST by TigersEye (#ReleaseTheMemo)
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To: nickcarraway

Heck the British would have a Heart Attack seeing what I’ve got at Home.

5 Firearms and 700+ rounds of Ammo ? BFD, I’ve got 1000 plus in just one nightstand for one Pistol.

What a bunch of idiots...


54 posted on 01/20/2018 5:17:46 PM PST by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congressl)
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To: SkyDancer
Just shy of a Gaggle 🤫
55 posted on 01/20/2018 5:21:12 PM PST by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congressl)
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To: nickcarraway
It is Great Britain. What would one expect ?

There is a reason there is a Second Amendment in the United States Constitution.
56 posted on 01/20/2018 5:22:26 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Vaquero
Except for that canoe accident. I keep forgetting about the canoe accident

I got to have me one of them canoe accidents...how do you do it without a canoe, exactly?

57 posted on 01/20/2018 6:02:42 PM PST by thulldud ("What makes it news is its dissemination, not its concrete reality." -- Ellul)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Not right away. You have to train them first.


58 posted on 01/20/2018 6:05:46 PM PST by xp38
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To: certrtwngnut

You’re not the only one. The article was poorly written and I also have no idea who this pedophile was and why this was relevant to this woman and her illegal hoard of 5 guns.


59 posted on 01/20/2018 6:34:13 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: imardmd1

;)


60 posted on 01/20/2018 8:09:27 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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