For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Police say a man is ‘lucky to be alive’ after he claims he bought a device from a stranger around the back of a takeaway and tried to use the tool as a 'shaver', before investigators found that it was a stun gun.
Mohammed Khan was hauled before Bolton Crown Court today (July 6) after pleading guilty to possession of a weapon, claiming he had ‘no idea’ of the device’s true nature.
The weapon was discovered on May 1, 2020, when Greater Manchester Police’s Tactical Aid Unit attended Khan’s home and found what appeared to be a ‘Taser and charger in a bedroom drawer’.
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