Man 'obsessed' with Nazism caught 3D printing own gun

He also had ability to make ammunition

- Sentinel Reporter

A MAN with a ‘strong interest in Hitler and the Nazis’ used a 3D printer to make his own gun.

Igor Ciesielski - who was described as ‘intelligent’ - had not finished making the firearm when police searched his Bentilee home.

But Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the 21-year-old - who spent a lot of time in his bedroom - had components to make ammunition which could have been used in the pistol.

And officers found ‘disturbing’ comments the defendant made about Jews and evidence of his strong interest in the Nazis. Now Ciesielski has been jailed for two years.

Prosecutor Laura Coton said police searched the defendant's home in Beverley Drive, Bentilee, at 6.30pm on May LI.

Miss Coton said: “In his bedroom they found a 3D printer in the process of printing. He was printing parts to construct a self-loading hybrid gun. Most of the parts had been printed and some parts were unfinished.

“There was a lower receiver and an upper receiver. Both had been finished. He had all the metal fasteners and small springs that would be required.

“There does not appear to be any dispute that the defendant intended to and was capable of producing the firearm to completion had he not been interrupted.