Plane Passenger Caught With Electric Stun Gun In Luggage

An international traveller caught with a stun gun in his luggage after stepping off a flight has received a suspended prison sentence.

Tony O'Brien, 28, of Carr House Mews, Consett, Durham was stopped by UK Border Agency officers at Heathrow Airport's Terminal Four.

Yesterday at west London's Isleworth Crown Court he was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months.

He was originally charged with possessing a firearm, namely a stun gun, which was disguised as another object at the airport on April 18, 2014.

He was alternatively charged with possessing a weapon designed or adapted to discharge an electrical charge.

O'Brien was sentenced after entering a guilty plea.