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| Gary Hyde jailed over Nigeria arms shipment | Gary Hyde jailed over Nigeria arms shipment |
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| An arms dealer who helped to ship thousands of guns and ammunition from China to Nigeria without a licence has been jailed. | An arms dealer who helped to ship thousands of guns and ammunition from China to Nigeria without a licence has been jailed. |
| Gary Hyde, 43, was found guilty of breaching UK trade controls at London's Southwark Crown Court in October. | Gary Hyde, 43, was found guilty of breaching UK trade controls at London's Southwark Crown Court in October. |
| Jurors heard the delivery in 2007 included 40,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 30,000 rifles, 10,000 pistols and 32 million rounds of ammunition. | Jurors heard the delivery in 2007 included 40,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 30,000 rifles, 10,000 pistols and 32 million rounds of ammunition. |
| Hyde, of Newton on Derwent, East Yorkshire, was jailed for seven years. | Hyde, of Newton on Derwent, East Yorkshire, was jailed for seven years. |
| Profits hidden | Profits hidden |
| He legitimately ran and expanded wholesale business York Guns to the point where it employed 20 staff in 2003 and helped broker various arms deals including some for the British government. | |
| But in 2006 Hyde got involved in the deal between China and Nigeria, the court heard. | |
| The arms deal between the two countries' governments was lawful, but Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said middleman Hyde, of Mask Lane, was caught out by his own greed. | The arms deal between the two countries' governments was lawful, but Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said middleman Hyde, of Mask Lane, was caught out by his own greed. |
| He failed to apply for a licence to take part in the deal, fearing it would be refused, but was attracted by the "enormous profits" to be made, the judge said. | He failed to apply for a licence to take part in the deal, fearing it would be refused, but was attracted by the "enormous profits" to be made, the judge said. |
| Hyde, a former special constable, was convicted after a retrial of two counts of becoming knowingly concerned in the movement of controlled goods between March 2006 and December 2007. | Hyde, a former special constable, was convicted after a retrial of two counts of becoming knowingly concerned in the movement of controlled goods between March 2006 and December 2007. |
| He was also found guilty of one count of concealing criminal property between March 2006 and December 2008 after he was alleged to have hidden the profits, more than $1m (£620,460), in a bank in Liechtenstein. | He was also found guilty of one count of concealing criminal property between March 2006 and December 2008 after he was alleged to have hidden the profits, more than $1m (£620,460), in a bank in Liechtenstein. |