They found an antique Russian Smith and Wesson 44 revolver wrapped in a blanket in the child’s cot near where he was sleeping on a bed. The gun was loaded and fully operational. Alongside it officers also found a machete. Mr Arif, aged 42, was arrested nearby and charged with possession of a firearm. At first, he denied all knowledge of the weapons, saying they had been put there by someone else, but forensic experts recovered his DNA from the trigger guard and the ammunition in the chamber, proving that he had handled the firearm.
