Sibusiso Moyo and Christopher Gill Wiki – Sibusiso Moyo and Christopher Gill Biography
Sibusiso Moyo, 41, and Christopher Gill, 35, were found guilty of manufacturing the firearms after police found the deadly plastic weapons in the back of a BMW. Two illegal arms dealers who used a 3D printer to create lethal machine guns for criminal gangs have been jailed for a total of 30 years.
Moyo, from Hull, was jailed for 18 years after he was found guilty of illegally manufacturing a firearm and a separate identity fraud offense after trial. Gill, from Bradford, was jailed for 13 years after he was found guilty of illegally manufacturing a firearm.
The 3D-printed assault weapons are believed to be the first of their kind to be seized by police in the UK. Video footage revealed how officers pounced on the car that Majeed Rehman, 46, an associate of the couple, was driving on May 17 last year in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
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Police discovered a homemade ‘FGC9’ automatic machine gun, magazine and bullets hidden in a grocery bag in the rear footwell of the car. Police stopped the vehicle after surveillance showed a man, later identified as Gill, getting into the BMW while carrying the shopping bag.
Raids on Gill’s property, led by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organized Crime Unit, found a further two nearly complete FGC9s in a bag hidden in his loft. When Moyo was later arrested, evidence showed that he had been manufacturing FGC9 at his home in Hull, where he had two 3D printers and parts to make weapons.
The officers also found a variety of other tools and parts, including springs and screws, that could be used to make the weapons, as listed in an online manual at his address. Disturbingly, one of the recovered weapons bore the image of an arm holding a curved sword with what appears to be blood dripping from its blade imprinted on the side.
Evidence also showed firearms in various stages of construction in Moyo’s kitchen and garage, as well as inside Gill’s home address. In addition, Moyo’s DNA was found on the weapon taken from the BMW. Sheffield Crown Court heard that forensic firearms experts based at Royal Armories in Leeds had tested the seized items and confirmed they were viable firearms.
Speaking after the sentencing, Senior Investigating Officer Det Chf Inspector Andrew Howard of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organized Crime Unit, said the 3D weapons posed a “real threat”. “Our investigation found that Sibusiso Moyo and Christopher Gill followed detailed instructions and systematically purchased items used to manufacture and construct these deadly firearms and ammunition.
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“They demonstrated levels of sophistication in the manufacturing processes and successfully produced viable firearms. ‘Majeeb Rehman, a close criminal associate, was convicted of distributing one of the viable FGC9s, a 3D-printed firearm with an ammunition magazine containing eight rounds of live ammunition.
“The manufacture of viable 3D printed firearms is a real threat and these firearms were built for one purpose only, to be supplied to other organized criminals who would use them to cause harm.” He added: “This has been a complex and innovative investigation supported by the National Crime Agency into the new threat posed by 3D-printed weapons.”
Matt Perfect, Operations Manager of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) National Firearms Targeting Center, said the operation had been the first of its kind. He said: ‘This OCG (organized crime group) was the first in the UK to be convicted of trying to supply 3D-printed firearms to other criminal groups.
“Gun crime in the UK remains relatively low compared to continental Europe and among the lowest in the world. ‘However, the demand for firearms in the criminal market continues. Therefore suppressing their availability is a national priority for the NCA and UK law enforcement.
“NCA works closely with our law enforcement partners at home and abroad to target criminals who use firearms and to cut off supply routes into the country, as well as the distribution within it.” Rehman of Bradford was found guilty of possession of ammunition and conspiracy to transfer a prohibited firearm. He will be sentenced at a later date.
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