A man who brought a stun gun back from a holiday in Ibiza has been put on probation for 12 months.

Blayne Mason Niall Brian Quinn said he bought it in 2019 and had kept it in his bedroom ever since.

The 20-year-old admitted an offence of possessing a prohibited article and was also ordered by the magistrates to pay £125 prosecution costs.

We previously reported how police executed a search warrant at Quinn’s home at Archallagan Terrace in Foxdale on May 5 in relation to another matter which was not pursued.

During the search they found the stun gun in a chest of drawers.

Quinn’s mother told police she had seen it before but didn’t know what it was.

The gun was tested by police and found to be capable of discharging 7,000 volts of electricity.

When interviewed Quinn gave ’no comment’ responses to questions.

The court heard that Quinn has previous convictions for money laundering and supplying drugs.

Defence advocate Stephen Wood handed in letters of reference for his client and referred to a probation report which had assessed Quinn as a low risk of reoffending and of harm to the public.

Mr Wood said that his client had no history of violent offending and entered a basis of plea in which Quinn said he had never attempted to conceal the gun and that it had been in his bedroom gathering dust for two years.

’In 2019, Mr Quinn went off to Ibiza and at a stall freely on display were stun guns for sale to the public,’ said Mr Wood.

’He bought one and was messing around with it there. It was then put in a suitcase and brought home and stayed in his bedroom from that point.

’At the time of purchasing it he had no idea of the prohibited nature of the device. He believed it was in effect a toy.’

The advocate said that the gun would most likely cause pain similar to that of touching spark plugs and was not intended to cause any life threatening injury.

He continued: ’Had the search not taken place it is my submission the device would have continued to sit there under some clothes. He wasn’t using it.’

Mr Wood said that 7,000 volts may seem a lot but that it was possible to go online and buy devices with a much higher voltage in some jurisdictions.

Magistrates chair Julian Ashcroft said: ’To bring something like this back to the island is irresponsible. Just because you see something for sale in a foreign country doesn’t mean it’s allowed in your own country.’