Man jailed after police discover homemade explosives at his home

Jailed: Ian Shingler
Metropolitan Police
Hatty Collier28 May 2016
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A man has been jailed for six years after police discovered homemade explosives at his home in east London.

Police found several explosive devices at the home of 41-year-old Ian Michael Shingler in Rainham, after responding to an emergency call from a man threatening to shoot himself.

The surrounding homes were evacuated when police made the discovery with neighbours forced to leave their homes until the area was made safe in July last year.

Shingler was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to at an earlier hearing to having an explosive substance under suspicious circumstances, contrary to Section 4(1) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.

He also admitted to possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition.

Shingler, of Plough Court, Broadis Way was also sentenced to six months in prison for possessing an indecent image of a child, to run concurrently with the other offences.

He was given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for a period of ten years and must sign the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.

Two offences relating to possession of a firearm and an explosive device were ordered to lie on file.

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