Men jailed over UK's 'first' gun factory

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Men jailed over UK's 'first' gun factory in Hailsham unit

Media playback is unsupported on your deviceTwo men have been jailed for running what is thought to be the UK's first fully functioning gun factory on a Sussex industrial estate.

Greg Akehurst, of no fixed address, and Kyle Wood, of Littlehampton, both pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court toDuring the trial, the court heard police found parts that could have been made into more than 100 weapons. Jurors heard guns from the factory had been sold to London criminals and linked to eight crime scenes including two attempted murders.

A third man - described by the judge as"the principal of this extremely serious criminal enterprise" - Mark Kinman, 63, pleaded guilty to the manufacture of the firearms, but died last year.

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