I don't know what you mean by that mate??
Yes he walked free, but he should never have been charged in the first place.
Cases like that make some people not trust the police and intentionally break the law. Irrespective of how many coppers he was sleeping with, he rang up in good faith to report a criminal offence, followed the instructions, then got hung out to dry.
I'd rather throw an illegal firearm in the sea than hand it in.
What I mean is that it wasn't simply a case of a guy finding and handing in a weapon. He kept hold of it for 4 days insisting on handing it in to t