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Hackney teen charged with carrying stun gun

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Alex Wellman

Published: 2:22 PM January 24, 2011    Updated: 10:31 AM October 14, 2020

Youth due in court Tuesday.

A TEENAGE boy will appear in court charged with possession of a firearm after he was stopped by police and found to be carrying a taser.

The 17-year-old from Kingshold Road, South Hackney, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was stopped by police at 11.45am on January 22.

He was remanded into custody to appear at Thames Youth Court tomorrow (Tuesday).

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