Thread: slap on hand

Matua Parkinson, 49, was also a former licensed firearms owner, but had gone on to sell rifles illegally, police said.

The Tauranga resident appeared in Whakatāne District Court for sentencing on Wednesday, after pleading guilty in June to purchasing guns to sell them to someone without a licence, faking a burglary and then making a false insurance claim.

He was sentenced to nine months' home detention.

Parkinson travelled to two different Gun City stores in Auckland in June 2022, where he paid $11,000 to buy five Alfa Carbine rifles - he then supplied the rifles to a person who did not have a firearms license, police said in a statement.