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| Man convicted of converting guns | Man convicted of converting guns |
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| A man has been found guilty of converting replica submachine guns into live weapons later linked to more than 50 shootings. | A man has been found guilty of converting replica submachine guns into live weapons later linked to more than 50 shootings. |
| Grant Wilkinson, 34, was convicted at Reading Crown Court of seven offences of converting and supplying firearms and ammunition. | Grant Wilkinson, 34, was convicted at Reading Crown Court of seven offences of converting and supplying firearms and ammunition. |
| Wilkinson, of no fixed abode, adapted replica Mac-10 guns in a shed in Three Mile Cross, near Reading, Berkshire. | Wilkinson, of no fixed abode, adapted replica Mac-10 guns in a shed in Three Mile Cross, near Reading, Berkshire. |
| Gary Lewis, 38, of Bourne End, Bucks, has been cleared of all charges. | |
| Jurors found Wilkinson guilty of seven offences, including conspiracy to convert an imitation firearm into a firearm, conspiracy to sell or transfer firearms and ammunition, possession of a firearm with intent to enable another person to endanger life and possessing a prohibited firearm. | |
| Using the name Grant Wilson, Wilkinson bought 90 blank-firing replica guns in July 2004, which he told the registered dealer in Northolt, Middlesex, were props for a James Bond film. | |
| Guy Savage, of Sabre Defence Industries, said this seemed plausible as he had previously supplied Bond films. |