This is the face of the great grandfather filmed live with pistol in Black Country pub brawl
This is the face of the great grandfather who has been jailed for five years for brandishing a pick axe handle and a gun in a Black Country pub.
Martin Gordon, aged 64, stormed into the Samson and Lion, in Brierley Hill, on August 11 last year to confront his granddaughter over the removal of his wife ashes from the mantlepiece.
The family row which also resulted in a baseball bat being brandished by Gordon's grandson and Gordon waving a gun at his granddaughter Mia was streamed live on Facebook.
Minutes later firearms officers tracked Gordon to his Pensnett industrial unit where they found him with a gun, a magazine of blank bullets, a pick axe handle and two tasers. When they searched his Brierley Hill Road home they found a live round of ammunition in a sink.
Det Sgt Matt Nightingale, of West Midlands Police's Major Crime Unit, said: “Gordon brandished this weapon in full view of other members of the public and made no effort to conceal it.
“Quick work by officers meant that we were able to quickly locate him and recover the gun. We’re committed to tackling gun crime – we’re taking weapons off the streets and putting those who carry them behind bars.”
Gordon subsequently pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and having ammunition without a licence and two counts of possessing a taser at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Judge Amy Jacobs sentenced Gordon to five years in prison after hearing the incident resembled a television soap opera scene.
The defendant claimed he had the gun for protection after he had £200,000 stolen in a robbery.
The force said the incident was handled under its Operation Target initiative set up tackle serious and organised crime.
