In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a man who made a gun for self-defense was convicted.

He was found guilty of illegal manufacture and possession of

firearms

.

The corresponding verdict was issued by the Kalusa City District Court, writes Kurs.

The case file states that on February 26, 2022, the man illegally manufactured a single-shot smoothbore weapon.

To make a gun, the man used two metal tubes, which he connected with electrical tape.

After that, he kept the gun in his apartment.

On October 4, law enforcement officers seized homemade weapons during a search.

According to the expert's conclusion, the confiscated weapons belong to smooth-bore single-charge breech-loading devices adapted for firing 12-caliber cartridges.

The court ordered the destruction of home-made weapons and one and a half hundred cartridges.

The accused admitted his guilt.

During the court session, he said that at the end of February, he made a rifle for self-defense after the war in Ukraine began.

He repented of what he had done and asked not to punish him severely and not to deprive him of his freedom.

As a result, the judge found the man guilty of illegal manufacture and possession of firearms and sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.

But on the basis of Art.

75 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the man was exempted from serving the main sentence and placed on probation for 1 year.

He will also pay UAH 3,775.60 for the examination.

We will remind you that in Khmelnytskyi, a pensioner

made a powerful weapon and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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