Credit: West Midlands Police
A great-grandfather pulled a gun on his granddaughter during a family argument.
Martin Gordon, 64, was arrested in Dudley, West Midlands, on Aug 11 last year, after he was filmed brandishing a pistol on a residential street.
The great-grandfather had stormed into the local Samson and Lion pub to confront his granddaughter over the removal of his wife’s ashes from the mantelpiece.
The family row – which resulted in a baseball bat being brandished by Gordon’s grandson and Gordon waving the gun at his granddaughter – was streamed live on Facebook.
Police firearms officers arrived and tracked Gordon to a unit on a nearby industrial estate around 40 minutes later.
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Armed police approached Gordon, who was sitting in a black Range Rover, and forced him to the ground before arresting him.
He was found with the gun, a magazine of blank bullets, a pick axe handle, and two tasers.
Live ammunition
After searching his home, officers found a live round of ammunition in his sink.
Gordon was charged with possessing a firearm, having ammunition without a licence, and two counts of possessing a taser.
Pleading guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Gordon claimed he had the gun for protection after he had £200,000 stolen in a robbery.
Jailing him for five years on Feb 13, Judge Amy Jacobs said the incident resembled a television soap opera scene.
Det Sgt Matt Nightingale, from West Midlands Police, said: “Gordon brandished this weapon in full view of other members of the public and made no effort to conceal it.
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“Quick work by officers meant that we were able to quickly locate him and recover the gun.
“We’re committed to tackling gun crime – we’re taking weapons off the streets and putting those who carry them behind bars.”
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