Traveller, 36, fined £200 for having air rifle at Jubilee Park in Waterlooville

A TRAVELLER caught with an air rifle in a public park has been fined £200.
By Ben Fishwick
Published 17th Oct 2019, 07:00 BST
Updated 24th Oct 2019, 12:23 BST
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Simon Quilligan, 36, admitted having the weapon in Jubilee Park on July 15.

It came when a group of travellers were spotted across Havant and Waterlooville.

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Simon Quilligan, 36, of no fixed address, has been charged with possessing an air weapon in a public place.Simon Quilligan, 36, of no fixed address, has been charged with possessing an air weapon in a public place.
Simon Quilligan, 36, of no fixed address, has been charged with possessing an air weapon in a public place.
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Magistrates ordered Quilligan to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

The weapon must be destroyed.

Quilligan, who previously gave his address as being in Galashiels near the Scottish border, was sentenced last month.

'People say they saw a young person with an air weapon, but that weapon was taken by defendant,' prosecutor Giles Fletcher said.