A GHILLIE was told by Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald this week that someone with his experience should have known better than to leave a gun cabinet open with a weapon visible, one loaded, and to have kept ammunition in an unlocked bedroom drawer.
David MacKenzie, of Roadside Cottage, Stronchreggan, Treslaig, had already pleaded guilty at an earlier court date at Fort William Sheriff Court that at his home on June 17, being the holder of a firearms certificate, he failed to comply with conditions to securely store firearms and ammunition as described above.
MacKenzie, 28, also previously admitted driving an unregistered telehandler on the A861 road near Treslaig, on the same day, with a breath alcohol level of 78 mcg in 100ml of breath – the legal limit being 22 mcg.