Nightingale, of Crewe, Cheshire, pleaded guilty at a court martial earlier this month to illegal possessing a Glock pistol and ammunition, which were found by West Mercia Police at his Hereford accommodation.

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Cedrick Alderman was indicted for possessing illegal body armor in 2005 after Washington police stopped him on suspicion of possessing cocaine, but found none.

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In that case, he is accused of being an illegal alien, possessing four firearms and false identity documents.

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The 62-year-old had been released from a federal prison three weeks earlier after pleading guilty earlier to possessing illegal firearms, including five fully automatic firearms.

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They have been charged with impersonating policemen, while Mr Mpofu faces the additional charge of possessing an illegal firearm, our reporter says.

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Kevin Hutchinson-Foster admitted possessing an illegal handgun a week before the Duggan shooting and using it to beat a Hackney barber during an argument over a woman.

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She also reaffirmed the government's intention to strengthen weapons possession laws, including a mandatory custodial sentence for offenders caught carrying a knife, and announced a lengthening of prison sentences for supplying guns to gang members and a new offence of possessing an illegal firearm with intent to supply.

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