Overview
- Bolton Crown Court on February 23, 2026 sentenced armourer Dudley Brennan to 22 years and three months and broker Peter Weston to 26 years and nine months after an NCA investigation.
- Three others were jailed for their roles: Ryan Pilling for 13 years and seven months, Daniel Fitzgerald for eight years, and Joshua Ee for 13 years and six months.
- Brennan ran a firearms conversion workshop behind a Kendal motorcycle garage, where officers seized a Makarov-style pistol mid-conversion along with ammunition and a silencer.
- Weston coordinated sales to criminal groups while Pilling and Fitzgerald handled sourcing and delivery; Ee moved weapons, including one later recovered in Widnes, and sought buyers.
- The March 7, 2024 multi-agency raid followed delivery of 10 Turkish-made TVBFs, and the case sits against an NCA/NPCC amnesty that surrendered nearly 3,000 such guns, with a separate Bruni amnesty ongoing.