A lorry driver ran a workshop from his caravan converting blank-firing guns into deadly pistols to sell to criminals – and stockpiled weapons in preparation for a “race war”, a court has heard.
Thomas McKenna, 60, sent messages telling friends and associates to “get yourself ready” and “the time for protesting is over”, and distributed weapons to a criminal network which included Faisal Razzaq, the getaway driver in the fatal shooting of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky.
