A dad has said he was put under a huge amount of stress and worry after being arrested when he handed in a sub-machine gun to the police during an amnesty.
Cristakis Dimitriou, who lives in the St Annes area of Bristol, found the firearm at his dad's house in Birmingham following his death in February, 2021. He also found five boxes of ammunition, containing 145 bullets. Believing the amnesty didn't cover the Birmingham area, he brought these back to Bristol and called Avon and Somerset Police for these to be surrendered on the same month of his dad's death.
The 30-year-old said his understanding was that he wouldn't face prosecution because of a Home Office amnesty running at the time, but he ended up being arrested three days later on February 21, 2021. It wasn't until 11 months later that he was told no further action would be taken against him.
