Michael Sammon, 49, converted hundreds of blank-firing pistols into deadly weapons before selling them on to criminal gangs.
Lethal: The firearm supplied by Sammon used in the shooting of Kamilah Peniston Michael Sammon, 49, converted hundreds of blank-firing pistols into deadly weapons before selling them on to criminal gangs.Twelve-year-old schoolgirl Kamilah Peniston would later be killed by one of the guns, when she was accidentally shot at home by her teenaged brother.Sammon bought the pistols openly in Germany before smuggling them into the UK by sea and using the postal service.In a workshop in Manchester, he converted them to fire live ammunition.One of the guns ended up in the hands of Kasha Peniston, 17. In the lounge of the home he shared with his sister Kamilah in Greater Manchester, he accidently shot her in the head with it. He was jailed for two years for her manslaughter in 2007.Five other men were sentenced in 2006 for their part in the smuggling operation.Kasha Peniston: Sentenced to two years in prison for the manslaughter of his sisterJudge Martin Steiger QC described them as "mercha...