Port Kembla firearms dealer Shane Simpson pleads guilty to illegal sale of 279 pistols

Shannon Tonkin
Updated January 16 2020 - 11:15am, first published January 15 2020 - 6:44pm
Guilty: Shane Simpson, pictured at Port Kembla court in 2015 when he escaped conviction for allowing an unlicensed employee to run the shop.
Guilty: Shane Simpson, pictured at Port Kembla court in 2015 when he escaped conviction for allowing an unlicensed employee to run the shop.

A Port Kembla firearms dealer who trafficked hundreds of guns on the black market, one of which was used in a fatal gangland shooting in Sydney, told police he was "relieved" to have finally been caught.

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Shannon Tonkin

Shannon Tonkin

Court reporter

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