Soldier who kept loaded gun in Germany barracks is jailed

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Military police discovered the firearm in a wardrobe in August last year.

They had previously found cocaine in the trouser pocket of Fusilier Martin Luther Henry, 26, of 1 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

A pistol, which had been converted from a blank-firing gun, was found in a coat in the wardrobe of Fusilier Martin Luther Henry, 26

The 9mm light model semi-automatic pistol had five rounds in the magazine and was 'readily accessible' in a coat and not hidden away, a court-martial in Germany was told.

It was a blank-firing gun which had been converted into a potentially deadly weapon.

Henry had been given it three months earlier by a comrade.

Judge Advocate Colin Burn said he was 'concerned' that the fusilier had kept the gun instead of disposing of it properly.

Henry admitted drug possession and keeping a prohibited weapon.