A pensioner could be sent to prison after admitting illegally possessing guns and ammunition. Percy Hermitage, of Mead Court, Cannons Mead, Stansted, pleaded guilty to possessing an automatic-loading pistol with a barrel of less than 30 centimetres; a Saxby and Palmer .177 self-contained gas cartridge air pistol and a .22 double action revolver, without authority. The 85-year-old further admitted possessing a Victor .22 calibre rifle, two .22 calibre rounds of ammunition, as well as a hollow-point bullet without permission. Hermitage claimed to have had the weapons since the 1960s and although the offences attract a minimum five-year prison term, the...
