{"id":4592,"date":"2010-03-23T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T14:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/03\/23\/man-jailed-over-facebook-gun-pose\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:33:33","slug":"man-jailed-over-facebook-gun-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/23\/man-jailed-over-facebook-gun-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Man jailed over Facebook gun pose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Communities are tackling gun crime, say police<\/h3>\n
\"\"A BIRMINGHAM man spotted posing with a gun on the Facebook social networking site has been jailed for five years.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Majid Khan, from Handsworth, was reported by a fellow user on the popular site after using an image of himself with a gun as his profile picture.<\/div>\n

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Officers from West Midlands Police responded to the complaint and managed to trace Khan to an address in Birmingham. <\/div>\n

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They recovered a blank firing pistol which had been converted to fire 8mm bullets following a raid on his home. <\/div>\n

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Police said Khan, an IT worker, was not linked to any gangs but had an \u201cunhealthy interest in guns.\u201d

\nThe 27-year-old pleaded guilty last month to possession of a firearm and was jailed for five years.<\/div>\n

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Det Chief Insp Steve Reed, from Thornhill Road Police Station, said: “We applaud the responsible and decisive action taken by the public.<\/div>\n

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“Mr Khan had a good job and had no gang links. A gun has only one purpose and thanks to this member of the public we have managed to remove another dangerous weapon from our streets and brought to justice a man who appeared to have an unhealthy interest in firearms.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\"\"The conviction was the latest in a string of successes for police in the Handsworth, Perry Barr and Lozells areas of the city.<\/div>\n

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The community’s determination to rid the west and central areas of the city of guns has been hailed as the reason for the breakthroughs.<\/div>\n

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Since April last year police have recovered 67 handguns, shotguns and imitation firearms on the F3 operational command unit – an increase of 11 on the previous year.<\/div>\n

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Officers have been encouraged by the number of calls from people in the community determined to rid their area of guns.<\/div>\n

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“The Facebook user who reported Mr Khan to police was typical of the stance members of the public are taking around guns in their communities,\u201d Det Chief Insp Reed said.<\/div>\n

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