eBay Arms Dealer Jailed for Five Years
Published November 9th, 2008
David Sampson, 42, sold deactivated guns and grenades on internet site eBay under the name ‘millsbomber’.
When police raided his home in Sittingbourne, Kent after a tip-off they discovered a £200,000 arsenal of weapons, including a Soviet AT3 anti-tank ‘Sagger’ rocket launcher and a 9mm German Luger.
Judge Charles MacDonald told Sampson: “These were slightly unusual prohibited weapons found in circumstances that were not explained and you should have known better.
“The defendant has shown no remorse and has appeared arrogant throughout his trial.”
Sampson was convicted of four gun related charges, two of possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing a shotgun without a certificate.
Three of the charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. He was given 18 months for the shotgun offence and ordered to serve three counts of five years concurrently on the other charges.
