Brinsley man jailed after firing gun through car window
34-year-old Samuel Kelham fired blanks on his driveway, before posting a social media video of him firing from his parked vehicle
A man from Brinsley has been jailed who repeatedly fired a gun through a car window.
34-year-old Samuel Kelham of Cherry Tree Close stormed out of his house on 15 June and fired blanks from the weapon on his driveway.
He then recorded a video of himself firing the weapon from his parked car, that he later posted onto social media.
Kelham was later tracked down by a police dog and arrested in nearby farmland.
Officers recovered two cartridge casings and blank firing ammunition in his home.
He pled guilty to possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and to charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition following a suspended prison sentence.
Kelham also pled guilty to possessing Class A drugs, with his defence counsel saying he was under the influence of drugs and suffering from acute mental distress on the day the offences were committed.
He was also sentenced for his involvement in an assault alongside his brother Robert in Selston last December.
Samuel Kelham received a total sentence of two years and eight months.
Detective Constable Christopher Archer of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Kelham displayed an appalling level of recklessness when he committed these offences.
“This may have been a blank firing weapon, but it certainly would have looked and sounded like a lethal weapon to anyone who saw what happened.
“Kelham knew this but still chose to take this weapon out in public and fire it repeatedly.
“I am pleased he has now been jailed and hope this case will serve as a warning to others who own blank firing and other imitation weapons about the potential consequences of taking them out in public.”