A man just got jailed for hiding guns and bragging about them on Snapchat

Tyler Davidson is 30. He's just been jailed for six years.

He had three working firearms. And he'd been photographed holding two of them.

A judge at Teesside Crown Court sentenced him a day ago.

Davidson is from Rochester Road, Stockton. He pleaded guilty to possessing prohibited weapons.

So what did police actually find?

First, a car. On 31 July last year, police stopped a car at Windsor Court, Grangetown. Inside was a Carlos pistol and six loose bullets.

Then, four days later, woodland. On 4 August, police found a black bag hidden in trees on South Road, Norton. Inside it was a Skorpion machine pistol, a sawn-off shotgun, and a Sig Sauer pistol.

Three guns. All working.

And here's what ties Davidson to them. His DNA was on one of the bullets in the car. And on the magazine of the Sig Sauer pistol from the woodland bag.

Police also found photos on his phone. Davidson, holding the sawn-off shotgun. Davidson, holding the Carlos pistol.

Now here's the part that made this case stand out.

Davidson had been sending messages on Snapchat. One said, quote "I want to shoot them". Another said, quote "I'm going to blast a few tomorrow".

He also wrote "Raoul Moat it soon mate". And about one named person, he said he'd shoot the face off him if he was around.

Raoul Moat shot three people in Northumbria in 2010, including a police officer, before killing himself.

So what did the judge make of that?

Judge Peter Armstrong said Davidson shared those messages out of bravado, not a genuine threat.