A man who "panicked" and fled when his DNA was discovered on a firearm used in a shooting just days before it was found hidden in woodland was told by a judge that he merely "delayed the inevitable".
Thomas Morrison was forensically linked to a Russian-manufactured handgun which had been used to fire multiple bullets at a residential property.
However, as he prepared to face a jury over his involvement with the lethal weapon, the former labourer and scaffolder failed to appear in court for several months.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday that Merseyside Police discovered a silver pistol and live rounds of ammunition inside a plastic bag in a wooded area in Stockbridge Village on June 16 2021.
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