Brighton man jailed for trying to import a stun gun

A Brighton man has been given a two-year prison sentence for trying to import a stun gun from Thailand, police said.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Dec 2018, 15:23 BST
Updated 10th Jan 2019, 10:07 BST
Aaron Clements from Brighton was jailed after trying to import a stun gun from ThailandAaron Clements from Brighton was jailed after trying to import a stun gun from Thailand
Aaron Clements from Brighton was jailed after trying to import a stun gun from Thailand

Sussex Police said Aaron Clements, 27, a carpenter, of Brede Road, Brighton, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday, December 7, having been convicted of attempting the illegal importation of a SX800-type stun gun from Thailand.

Detective Sergeant Gemma Firth said: "Clements was travelling in Thailand and decided to post this gun, which is of a type legal in that country, back to Brighton. However his plan came unstuck when a UK Border Force check spotted it when it arrived in the UK in January last year.

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"We traced and arrested Clements but he denied any knowledge of the gun and pleaded not guilty at court. He agreed that he he had looked such weapons in Thailand but denied trying to import one, a denial somewhat contradicted by his fingerprints being found on both the box and the packing in which the gun was contained.

"We do not know exactly what use Clements intended to put the gun to, but unauthorised possession of a weapon of this type in any circumstances is highly dangerous to the public and the sentence sends a clear message that this type of offending is taken very seriously by the courts."