Maybe this article will shed some more light on the situation, it seems that there is no hard feeelings between them as the boy realised why his father done it
A MAN who called police when he found bullets in his son's bedroom said he would do the same again, even though the teenager could face five years in prison.
Paul Metcalfe (19) was arrested at his home in November after his dad, Mr Neil Metcalfe, of Hibson Road, Nelson, was horrified to find a box of 11 live bullets under the bed.
Armed officers raided his room and found a reconditioned 8mm Vendita pistol. He was arrested and charged with possession of ammunition and a firearm under Section 5 of the Firearms Act, which carries a mandatory five-year custodial sentence. He pleaded guilty, and will be sentenced at Burnley Crown Court on June 19th.
The former Primet High School pupil, a full-time carer for his disabled mum Ann, said he had become involved with the "wrong crowd" and ended up being pressed into looking after the gun for a friend.
Neil said: "There was no decision to make. I could have thrown them in the canal, but it could have really have hit the fan when whoever they belonged to wanted them back. If I'd said nothing, one of those bullets could have ended up killing someone and I wouldn't have been able to live with that on my conscience."
Mr Metcalfe handed the ammunition to officers, and told Paul what he had done.
"I was shocked he'd done it at first, but I calmed down while I was in the police station and started to realised why he'd done it," Paul said. "He wasn't exactly my best friend when I got out, but I wasn't his, either.
"I'm not looking forward to going to prison. I want to get back on track and make a fresh start - whenever that may be. It helps to know I've got my dad sticking by me."
Insp. Russ Procter, of Nelson police said: "Neil identified a significant threat to the community, and we commend the action he took. Reporting something like that, especially when it was his own son involved, took something special."
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