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South Tyneside adviser found illegally detained shotguns after ‘meltdown’ at home

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A counselor was found with illegally detained shotguns after a “meltdown” at his home in which he armed himself with an airgun and sword.

Jeffrey Milburn started behaving “erratically and aggressively” in March of last year, prompting his daughter to call her brother for help.

He showed up to find many broken plates and the remains of a chicken dinner on the floor while Milburn, who was drunk, was in the dining room holding an air pistol and threatening to hurt himself.

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His son disarmed him with a pistol and then a sword his father picked up, Newcastle Crown Court has heard.

Prosecutor Joe Culley said Miburn, an independent Conservative adviser to South Tyneside at the time, then damaged the glass door panels with an air rifle and unloaded him in the porch.

After a call to 999 from her daughter, police showed up at around 10:45 p.m. on March 15 last year at the family home in Cleadon in south Tyneside.

Mr Culley said: “The family members all appeared in shock and clearly in distress.”

Milburn was arrested and the house searched and officers found numerous air guns, two hunting rifles – one in a cupboard, the other “loose on the property”, 205 shotgun shells. hunting and machetes.



Jeffrey Milburn, former court counsel for having unlicensed shotguns and owning a knife

Hunting rifles were from the late 19th century and early 20th century, one of which was a .410 single barrel folding rifle, the other a 12 bore double barreled shotgun.

Despite their age and poor condition, they could be fired and were not considered exempt from the law as antiques.

The court heard that Milburn already had a shotgun certificate in 2012, but he was revoked in 2015 because the Northumbria Police Chief considered it unsafe for him to have a shotgun.

He told police he found one of the guns in the attic.

Mr Culley said: “He said he had a seizure that night.”

Five days later, police arrested him in his Porsche in Northumberland on suspicion of drunk driving and he was taken into custody on suspicion of failing to provide a sample.

During a search at the police station, he handed over a Swiss army knife.

The court heard that Milburn had previously been convicted of failing to provide a specimen in January last year, for which he had obtained a community order.

He was also convicted last year of bringing a lock knife to South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court during an appearance there last January.

The 62-year-old Sunniside Lane man Cleadon pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of a bladed article.

Judge Penny Moreland sentenced him to 20 months suspended for two years with rehabilitation.

Judge Moreland said: “I accept that you yourself have not used any of these weapons for criminal purposes, but you must understand the risk of unlicensed weapons.

“If two unauthorized weapons had found their way into the criminal community, they would be capable of causing serious harm to the public.”

The judge added: “You have to understand that the law applies to you the same way it applies to everyone.”

She said a pre-sentence report said Milburn had “displayed a sense of entitlement” to the probation service and blamed the police for targeting him and claimed he had done nothing wrong.

Despite being told he currently has no income, Judge Moreland ordered that he pay £ 1,670 in costs within two months.

She said: “He drove a Porsche and has two properties.”

Christopher Morrison, defending, said the single-barreled weapon was a poaching weapon his grandfather owned.

He added: “He didn’t try to fire him, he kept him on his property.

“He was simply displayed against the wall in the belief that he was not able to shoot and that he had ancient value.

“He was previously allowed to own the double barreled shotgun.

“He remained locked in a cupboard.

“The items were in poor condition.”

Mr Morrison said Milburn had “something of a meltdown that day” is what brought police to the door.

He added that his son believed the only person at risk was Milburn himself.

Mr Morrison said: “He’s talking about a man who was not feeling well, who was in an extremely stressed state. He feels he needs help more than punishment.

“He got involved with community mental health services.

The court heard that Milburn suffered from various health problems and was “financially bankrupt” and his “businesses are financially bankrupt”.

Mr Morrison said: “He gave his life in public service and it is no longer open to him.”

Milburn was disqualified from his role as an adviser to Cleadon and East Boldon earlier this year due to his convictions.

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