Swindon Magistrates Court A DRUNK caught with an air rifle in the town centre said “I’ll do what I f want” and I ll shoot someone . Sentenced for possession of two air weapons, having a knife, scrawling on an ambulance, being drunk and disorderly and disorderly behaviour on Monday Joseph McLaughlin was spared an immediate prison term – as the district judge feared he “might die” in custody and would lose his flat. The 31-year-old, who has weapons offences on his record, was given a six month prison sentence suspended for two years.
Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard McLaughlin had been spotted drinking in The Parade shortly after midday on Sunday, December 20.
Gent Jakupi outside Swindon Magistrates Court in October Picture: ADVER PHOTOGRAPHER Over two tonnes of potentially contaminated meat which could have made its way into people’s mouths has been seized from a Wiltshire car wash owner - the second time Gent Jakupi has been caught preparing food in an unsafe way. Wiltshire Council officers working with a Food Standards Agency veterinary officer executed a search warrant at premises on Andover Road, Ludgershall, and found whole and part carcasses being cut under poor conditions, exposing the meat to contamination. The meat confiscated by the council’s environmental health officers included beef, lamb and goat, which was being cut and packed for sale in the UK.