stun guns disguised as torches.He bought three weapons, marked “police”, online before telling cops he did not know they were illegal.Thomas Scott, 54, from Carnoustie, Angus, faces a minimum prison sentence of five years after pleading guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court to possessing the firearms.Scott’s solicitor revealed his client had bought the stun guns after believing he was under threat.“Paranoid delusions led him to believe he was at risk of home invasion and he purchased these items to protect himself.
He had no intention of using them,” he said.The court heard police searched his home after a tip-off.“They traced the accused with his mother and two nephews,” fiscal depute Kirsten Letford said.“They began to give him advice on their.
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