TY - JOUR
T1 - Possession of prohibited firearm components, the minimum sentence provisions, and application of the departure test
AU - Brown, Graeme
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Comments on Barclay (Sean) v HM Advocate (HCJ Appeal) on whether there were exceptional circumstances, within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1968 s.51A(2), to permit departure from the minimum sentence of five years' imprisonment for possession of component parts of a prohibited weapon, namely modified SA80 automatic assault rifles stolen from an army cadet building.
AB - Comments on Barclay (Sean) v HM Advocate (HCJ Appeal) on whether there were exceptional circumstances, within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1968 s.51A(2), to permit departure from the minimum sentence of five years' imprisonment for possession of component parts of a prohibited weapon, namely modified SA80 automatic assault rifles stolen from an army cadet building.
KW - Firearms officers
KW - Scotland
KW - Sentence length
KW - Theft
UR - https://uk.westlaw.com/SharedLink/39cb6178f9ca444ba6a17a7db19e68b6?VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0
M3 - Article
SN - 0967-2532
SP - 4
EP - 7
JO - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
JF - Greens Criminal Law Bulletin
IS - 160
ER -