A father-of-nine known as ‘Mad Dog’ splashed his ill-gotten gains on luxury cars and expensive holidays before his lethal business came crashing down and put him behind bars.
Carlington Grant, 41, and partner Khiana Lewis, 34, flaunted their wealth by posing for pictures on lavish trips abroad – including Jamaica – and in front of fancy cars.
But their deadly trade converting blank-firing pistols into lethal weapons, which earned them about £150,000, was soon exposed by police and came back to bite them, reports Birmingham Mail .
Grant was the head of a firearms supply network which saw harmless handguns brought into the UK from France before being transformed into working guns. The weapons were shipped and picked up in Cornwall.
This week, Grant, from Wolverhampton, was jailed for 26 years. While Lewis, from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, was sentenced to 17 years.