October 27, 2016 8.54 am This story is over 88 months old

Teen charged with possessing ‘imitation firearm’ in Skegness

A man has been charged with a firearms offence after being arrested in Skegness earlier this week. Idris Ali-Arowosekila, 18, of De Beauvoir Estate, Hackney, London, was charged with possession an imitation firearm with intent to cause people to believe that unlawful violence would be used against them or another. This is contrary to section 16A…

A man has been charged with a firearms offence after being arrested in Skegness earlier this week.

Idris Ali-Arowosekila, 18, of De Beauvoir Estate, Hackney, London, was charged with possession an imitation firearm with intent to cause people to believe that unlawful violence would be used against them or another.

This is contrary to section 16A of and schedule six to the Firearms Act 1968.

Ali-Arowosekila has been kept in police custody and will appear before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, October 27.