Smirking triplets jailed for a total of 46 years
THREE identical triplets were jailed yesterday over a plot to supply an “extremely dangerous criminal” with an Uzi sub-machine gun and a loaded pistol.
DNA found on the handgun in 2017 was linked to Reiss, Ralston and Ricky Gabriel but it was impossible for police to prove which brother it belonged to.
However, mobile phone and surveillance evidence revealed it was all three.
The 28-year-olds, from Edmonton, north London, were found guilty of conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life in July.
Ricky and Ralston Gabriel, both semi-professional footballers, were each jailed for 14 years at Blackfriars Crown Court yesterday.
Reiss, who also pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life after he was caught with a handgun on July 26 last year, and two counts of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply, was jailed for a total of 18 years.
The triplets smirked as they were sentenced and grinned to friends and family members in the public gallery as they were taken down to the cells.
Judge John Hillen told the triplets: “All three of you were involved in an agreement to source and deliver the weapons to an extremely dangerous criminal, Aron Thomas, for his use.”
Thomas, 32, was caught with a loaded revolver and ammunition in 2017 when on licence, having been released from an 11-year prison sentence for opening fire at random on a crowded London street.