This story has been setting the blogosphere on fire of late.

Apparently, this took place in Reigate, Surrey:

"Mr Clarke found a discarded shotgun and - rather than blagging a bank, or shootin' up some boyz in da 'hood - decided that he should hand it in at the local police station.

After all, possession of an unlicensed firearm is an offence, innit?

Oh yes. It is. But, unfortunately for Paul, it's a 'Strict Liability' offence. Remember them? No excuses."

He faces a minimum of 5 years when he is sentenced on 11 December.

Check out the two blog entries here:

First this one:

http://constantlyfurious.blogspot.com/2009/11/beyond-belief-really.html

Then this one:

http://constantlyfurious.blogspot.com/2009/11/paulclarke-after-storm.html

On the surface, it does seem quite wrong to me.

Caution: NWS language.

As some of the bloggers stated, we dont know all the facts about this,BUT, on the face of it, regardless of the rather "silly" (as bloggers called it) decision to take the gun to the police rather than call them to the scene , how he can then be arrested, tried and sentenced without anyone applying any common sense is way beyond comprehension even from our justice system. More to this than meets the eye methinks......

I remember recently reading about a member of the public who found a gun, called the police and was told to take it to his local station !