"While police were searching McKellar’s house, he also admitted knowing there were two illegal handguns in his attic.
He said they belonged to a previous occupant who had since died.
McKellar pled guilty to that offence and was sentenced to 300 hours community service at the High Court in Glasgow."
A FARMER yesterday admitted possession of a deadly poison which has killed hundreds of birds of prey in Scotland.
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"Police investigating the discovery of a dead golden eagle got a warrant to search 50-year-old Tom McKellar’s house and found the illegal pesticide Carbofuran in a bag in his porch.
They also found a dead fox, which had been poisoned, and a sheep carcass laced with carbofuran.
A Webley revolver and a Browning pistol were also recovered
Following the searches, McKellar pleaded guilty at Oban Sheriff Court in April to possessing carbofuran.
He also admitted, during an appearance at the High Court in Glasgow in November last year, four charges relating to the illegal possession of firearms.
McKellar was later sentenced to 300 hours of community service for these offences."
A farm manager from Argyll is fined £1,200 for possessing a banned highly-toxic pesticide.
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