Article: Crazed gun runner who turned torches into deadly weapons; DEALER IN DEATHe.

Byline: BEN ROSSINGTON

A "DEALER in death" who ran a guns factory from the kitchen of his Merseyside home was today starting 20 years behind bars.

David Hampson had the ability to transform innocent-looking objects such as torches and cigarette lighters into deadly, single-bullet firing weapons.

He and four others were snared by a year-long police operation into the selling of illegal guns on the streets of Knowsley.

Police say they sold converted and re-commissioned weapons to criminals for protection in the deadly drugs game.

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