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[size=18pt]York arms dealer defends Nigeria weapons shipment[/size]

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Arms dealer 'helped gun shipment'
An arms dealer on trial for exporting weapons without a licence is not somebody who breaks the law, a court heard.

Gary Hyde, 42, of Newton on Derwent, near York, is accused of arranging a shipment without the necessary permission from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

The court heard 80,000 guns and millions of bullets were sent from China to Nigeria in 2007.

Mr Hyde denies the charges.

Defending barrister Stephen Solley QC told a jury at Southwark Crown Court: "He is not somebody who puts two fingers up to the regulations in this country, and says 'I am going to do this, I couldn't care less, I am going to do it from this country'.

"You will hear a completely different account from him"

He added that Mr Hyde has no criminal record and served for seven years as a special constable.

'Critical dealings'

Mukul Chawla QC, prosecuting, told the court on Tuesday that the consignment of weapons required permission from BIS as it had been partly arranged and organised from the UK by Mr Hyde.

The court has heard that the shipment in 2007 was made up of 40,000 AK47 assault rifles, 30,000 rifles and 10,000 9mm pistols along with 32 million rounds of ammunition.

Mr Solley told the court: "You will hear from Mr Hyde in due course that he arranged his life so that the negotiations, so that the critical dealings with the Chinese, all took place outside the jurisdiction."

Mr Hyde denies two charges of breaching the trade in goods (control) order act 2003 and one charge of concealing criminal property.

The trial continues.

80,000 guns to Nigeria

Abeg plz ignore this silwabuka. Commenting on his baseless posts is just what he wants. He is attention starved, let's forget him.

The ghanian owns the arms - no problem ; but where are the weapons being shipped to and what is the role of those igbo's in the whole show?

SILLY_AKABUWA or whatever you call yourself. You are a f^^l, and a demon that must be cast out Nigeria into a bottomless pit. You'll die a shameful death, vultures'll feed on your remains, if you do not apologize to those Nigerians that lost their lifes to lunnies in the North. They are better than you.

we have to be ready for anything.

SILAKABUWA:

THE GREAT IKEMBA JUST RELEASES Fluid IN HIS COFFIN, THE GUY Love Intimacy TIRE, Him don die but him still they mastubate for COFFIN

you're such a lame.

silakabuwa u will die

I here by repent!!! Sorry Ikemba for dying.

I WEEP FOR NIGERIANS AFTER READING THIS
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The time has come for God to continuous frustrate the counsels of the wicked. This is just the beginning.

after d seizure what's next, na today? does those ammos ve particulars, hehehehehe dats y our crime investigators can't identify nor trace its origin even d bullets

if dey want dis country to ve clean slate, there shod be individual record (citizens of naija) in d database both adult n children even d kids delivered few seconds ago, any evil committed by anybody be updated on its record dat alone will reduce crime to a minimum

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we must survive in this country