Drug trafficker who sold guns has access to phones restricted

A convicted drug trafficker who organised the supply of reactivated guns and ammunition from an underworld armourer has become the first offender to be given a serious crime prevention order by a High Court judge in Scotland.

Dean Kimmins will be restricted to owning one mobile phone and one computer under the court order for five years following his release from jail.

Kimmins, 33, formerly of Schaw Street, in Glasgow, is serving an eight-year prison sentence imposed on him last year when he was jailed along with former soldier Andrew Steven, 53, who reactivated guns bought online for onward supply.

An earlier trial heard that Kimmins had been a customer sourcing guns and went on to hand one firearm over to a man who was later jailed.

He was jailed again for six years to be served concurrently with the previous sentence in February this year for being concerned in the supply of heroin aggravated by a link with serious crime.

Kimmins had played “a managerial role” in an organised crime gang involved in commercial dealing in the Class A drug.

Following Kimmins’s convictions, the Crown went to the High Court seeking a prevention order claiming it would protect the public by stopping, restricting or disrupting his involvement in serious crime.

Under the order Kimmins is limited to possessing one mobile phone, one SIM card, one computer and one landline number for each place where he lives or works.

Any device must not be encrypted and must be registered with the service provider in his full name. He is also required to tell police in writing within 24 hours of obtaining such a device.

Kimmins is also required to inform the force of any devices he owns when the order comes into force.

He can only lend his phone to another person to contact the emergency services or to seek emergency roadside help. Kimmins can only use another person’s phone for the same reasons. He is also prevented from using phone kiosks, internet cafés or other public communication facilities other than for calling the emergency services.

Kimmins is also required to make available for examination on written request any communication device or data storage device he may own or control along with passwords, PIN numbers and usernames to police.