An Irish businessman has been convicted of having a “10,000-volt” stun gun disguised as a torch, found among an arsenal of weaponry inside his “fortified” mansion home. Thomas Kavanagh (51), had already admitted an alternative offence of having the stun gun, but denied it was deliberately designed to have the appearance of a flashlight. The stun gun was then found during a search of his €850,000 home in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on January 12th, on a shelf above some kitchen wall units. Kavanagh told officers that another family member had brought the stun gun back to the house after buying it while holidaying in “China, Spain or France”. When the pink stun gun was sent off for analysis, a scientist concluded its high-voltage discharge was “in the region of 10,000 volts”.

Source: The Irish Times July 11, 2019 11:26 UTC