A jury was shown six rounds of ammunition found in a Pembroke shed as the Supreme Court trial of a 42-year-old continued.

Stephen Thompson, from Pembroke, has denied charges that he possessed a prohibited weapon and ammunition without being the holder of a licence, between a date unknown and December 16, 2022.

On Monday, jurors were shown a police interview in which officers questioned Mr Thompson about the weapon.

During the hour-long interview, Mr Thompson told the officers that before his arrest he was cleaning a shed when he found a “small blue” vacuum cleaner in the corner.

The defendant said he reached for it and saw an item, which he recognised as a firearm, inside the device. He said he placed the item back into the vacuum cleaner the way he found it.

As the trial continued yesterday, the court heard evidence from Hector Cammock, a consultant forensic investigator who said that on the morning of December 16, 2022 he was sent to a property on Curving Avenue.

When he arrived on the scene, he was directed to a shed.

There, he took photographs of a blue and black vacuum cleaner, which contained an object in a white sock.

Mr Cammock told the court: “I wasn’t exactly sure what the object was at that point but it appeared to be in the shape of a firearm.”

He also photographed a blue bandana, which appeared to have something wrapped up inside of it.

Mr Cammock said both of the items were seized and taken to the police armoury at police headquarters, where he examined them that afternoon.

Inside the sock, he identified a .380 semiautomatic pistol, while the bandana was found to contain six 9mm rounds of ammunition.

Mr Cammock also said that the firearm lacked a magazine, which is used to hold ammunition in the firearm, and no magazine had been recovered.

Along with photographs of the items, Mr Cammock showed the jury the seized ammunition itself, which he said had been ballistically tested at the police armoury.

The trial before Puisne Judge Alan Richards continues.

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