Woman and man jailed after guns and ammo found

A woman and a man have been jailed after they were found in possession of firearms. 

Officers carrying out an operation in West Norwood on April 10, 2022 stopped a car in Thornlaw Road. 

A revolver loaded with a single round was found in a handbag on the driver’s seat.

The driver, Renee Cox, 21, of Stockwell Road, Brixton, and the passenger, Donnell Morgan, 22, of Crosby Walk in Dalston, were arrested and taken into custody. 

Following Morgan’s arrest, his DNA was taken and linked to two other firearms that officers had recovered from a property in Lambeth on March 31, 2022. 

Two sawn-off shotguns and 112 rounds of ammunition were found hidden in a cupboard at the residential address in Crosby Walk. The property was unoccupied and there were no registered tenants. 

Morgan was charged with three counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. 

Cox was charged with one count of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and one count of possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. 

They were found guilty at Croydon Crown Court on February 3 and sentenced at the same court on Friday. Morgan was sentenced to 16 years and Cox was sentenced to five years. 

Detective Constable Harry Ford said: “As police officers, we regularly see the grave consequences of gun crime and across the Met, we are committed to reducing violence on the streets of London. 

“I am pleased this proactive operation has resulted in three potentially lethal weapons being taken out of the hands of two dangerous offenders.”

Pictured top: (L-R) Renee Cox and Donnell Morgan (Picture: The Met)