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London plumber who converted blank firing guns into deadly weapons jailed for seven years

Source: National Crime Agency

A London plumber who converted blank-firing guns into deadly weapons has been jailed for seven years.

Evan Girdlestone, 48, from Colliers Wood, used an industrial unit in as a production line to create

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