A 21-year-old man has been jailed for possessing a sawn-off double barrelled shotgun and shotgun ammunition.

Liam Demeitrou-Crane of Albert Road in Walthamstow was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court yesterday where he was handed a four-and-a-half year sentence.

On November 19 a property in Albert Road was searched by Trident gang crime officers acting on intelligence who found the weapon and around 50 ammunition cartridges.

Demeitrou-Crane was arrested at the address and subsequently charged.