Suspended Sentence For Psession Of A Firearm And Ammunition

[jake-the-peg]

So Danny Nightingale got off without serving time for posession of a pistol and over 300 rounds of ammunition.

The Judge said he didn't believe his defence, that he had impugned the reputation of another soldier and misled the public.

He also said he wanted to impose a custodial offence but could not

What on Earth went wrong with this case?

[FredPuli43]

PP , love that! Amusingly, but typically, i got an attempted murder reduced, because the Army a) wanted the man out of the army b) didn't want it getting out, to the British press, that one soldier was chasing another down a corridor, drunk, shouting "I'll kill you, you bastard!", when possessed of a sawn off shotgun which he fired from close range ( that was one of a veritably armoury of weapons found, utterly illegally, in his possession). By the time it got into court, I'd got it reduced so low as a charge that it would have been worth pleading guilty to, but the defendant wanted to fight it.

In an adjournment, the Brigadier heading the panel, asked us what was known about " this man". We said the defendant had an excellent record. "Not HIM!", exploded the Brigadier, in best Colonel Melchett mode, "the sergeant! Must be something wrong with a sergeant if a corporal wants to shoot him!" And that, in a nutshell, is the Army

[ChillDoubt]

I'm not anti military Tora, I'm anti nutcase with a handgun and 300 rounds of ammunition who thinks he above the law BECAUSE he's an ex-soldier
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Why is he deemed a 'nutcase'? Because he suffered head injuries during military service?
Or just because he is ex HM Forces and the term suits your purposes?

Had he used the weapon in a frenzy I could understand you using the terminology but as he didn't I'd have to surmise you used it rather disparagingly, nothing more.