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.
This thread is goons be fun.
Gonna be fun lol
That woman is more of a man than 90% of British males are these days.
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Five?
Pretty small collection.
700 rounds? A good afternoon at the range.
A "live" revolver? Man, I gotta get me one of those! I'll bet they're expensive. Is this one of those handguns that runs around shooting people all by itself, I wonder?
[ along with 735 rounds of ammunition ]
Meh. That’s not even a day’s shopping at the gun show.
700 rounds ? That’s a day at the range for my friend and I
OH NOES!
Live revolver.. Do they come when you call???
Odd to think I had that many guns by the time I was 19.
There are likely hounds around the place.
I guess I am getting old and more confused. Who exactly was the paedophile and what did he have to do with this. Like I said I guess I’m getting old and confused.
< /sarc>
Sounds like we need to send a couple of nasty women over there to straighten out those mansplainers.
“She has a genuine affection for weapons.”
I think I’m in love!
I had to check the source myself to figure that one out. It's the headline of an embedded video, unrelated to the story. At least as far as we know.
The Welsh spirit lives on in that woman....
She was about to take NO crap from potential home invaders. And the British Crown stripped that layer of protection away from her.
Seems a whole country was founded on just such defiance, and the possession of personal sidearms was no small part of that assertion of liberty.
At least she is fortunate that she doesn’t live in CA. After CA got through with her, the FBI would have discovered a stash of child porn in the seat of her wheelchair...
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