Well he avoided being put inside.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8421485.stm
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Reading Crown Court heard Clarke found a bin liner containing a shotgun in March and was arrested when he handed it in four days later.
Judge Christopher Critchlow said the minimum sentence for possessing a firearm was normally five years, but it was a "highly unusual case" and gave Clarke 12-month sentence, suspended for one year.
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Sounds like he has had a good few run ins with the law before.
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The court was told Clarke had previously been convicted of handling stolen goods in 2001, of possessing a stun-gun in 2002 and of affray in 2008.
A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: "Clarke was given the opportunity to explain the full circumstances of how this lethal and prohibited weapon came to be in his possession.
"This explanation lacked credibility and a report was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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