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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sophie Robinson

Ruthless criminal gang who made and supplied ‘assassination kits’ jailed

The ‘assassination kits’ included a handgun and silencer (Nottinghamshire Police/PA) -

A “ruthless” gang which manufactured and sold “assassination kits” to the criminal underworld has been jailed for a total of more than 60 years.

Gary Hardy, 62, sold the weapon kits which were made in the garden of co-conspirator 64-year-old Ronald Knowles, who acquired blank firing handguns and ammunition which he converted into viable firearms.

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