Airport Stun Gun Charge

Isleworth Crown Court

A High Wycombe man, accused of having an illegal stun gun, disguised as a torch, at Heathrow Airport after stepping off an international flight, appeared in court today.

Alan Aldous, 42, of Normans Court, Micklefield Road, will fight the charge, claiming he did not know it was a firearm that discharges electricity.

He is charged with possessing a firearm, namely a stun gun, which was disguised as another object in the airport's Terminal Three on May 4.

If convicted the offence has a statutory minimum of five year imprisonment, save for exceptional circumstances.

Isleworth Crown Court bailed him to return for a plea and case management hearing on October 30 and scheduled a trial for January, next year.