Smith & Wesson double action .44 magnum revolver with bullets in five of the six chambers.

Two teenage girls have been jailed for keeping a loaded gun for a gangster.One of them, who was 16 at the time, was handed the Smith & Wesson revolver on the doorstep of a home in Flixton during the evening of May 10 last year.It was given to her by Daniel Brown, a member of a south Manchester gang known as the 'Lostock Crew' or 'Lostock Mandem'.Moments later the girl – who cannot be named for legal reasons – stepped inside the house and told the occupants she was 'looking after some heat for Danny B'.
Who else has been locked up in March? Sentences and galleryThe gun was hidden inside a white sock inside her handbag, Manchester's Minshull Street crown court heard.The weapon had been handed over 'on the direction' of Chloe Goodman, 17 at the time but now 18, prosecutor Ian Metcalfe told the court.Both girls quickly became 'aware of the police' and the younger one threw her handbag from a rear upstairs window on to the top of a hedge.Minutes later, police stormed the house and arrested Goodman - although she continued to make and receive phone calls to the gangster who had handed over the weapon.
The younger girl was found hiding in the loft.Police later recovered the gun, a Smith & Wesson double action .44 magnum revolver with bullets in five of the six chambers.The court heard each girl had agreed to keep the gun in return for £150 each.The police investigation uncovered a series of text messages and phone calls between Brown and the girls.One text message from Brown to Goodman said: “Hiya Daniel. Make sure you shout us whenever you need a favour, whatever it is. Hold it safe yeah."Goodman even managed to make a further 18 phone calls after police stormed the area until the handset was seized from her.Analysis of her computer found a series of photos of her in poses 'which seemed to be a celebration of gun and gang culture', the court heard.Sentencing the younger of the girls, now 17, to a two-year detention and training order, Judge Timothy Mort told her: “The gun was in your possession only a short time.“Essentially it was being held so the people who are linked potentially to gangs could call for it when they needed it. It was also for one purpose and that is to kill or maim somebody."Sentencing Goodman to three years in a young offenders' institution, Judge Mort said: "Various images on your computer showed it was something that gave you a buzz.“Whenever you were asked to take his gun in you were not that reluctant to do it because it was seen as cool."Both girls had admitted possessing a firearm and possessing ammunition.Brown, 21, of Barton Road, Stretford, was jailed for five years after he admitted possessing a firearm, possessing ammunition and also conspiracy to commit blackmail.

His cousin, Michael Brown, 22, of Kingsway Park, Davyhulme, was jailed for 16 months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit blackmail.

After the case Detective Chief Inspector Chris Packer said: "This case highlights the very real dangers young women face when they are persuaded by their boyfriends or male friends to store guns.

"These sorts of criminals convert young and impressionable girls, asking them to stash weapons and take the heat off them.

"In many cases they probably have little or no regard for these women but simply use them to hide weapons or drugs and try and stay under the police radar."